DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Hypocritical Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus exposed the evil ways in which the scribes and Pharisees live their faith. Their hypocrisy had destroyed the faith and lives of many people. Ponder on, “Are we aware of the heavy responsibilities that come from God’s abundant blessings of our faith? We are to lead others to God’s Truth, Mercy and Love.”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Matthew 23:13-15
Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut up the kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces, neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go in who want to. These are the men who devour the property of widows and for show offer long prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.
‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte, and anyone who becomes one you make twice as fit for hell as you are.’