I am preparing for my September blog, so until then here is a passage from a beautiful parable. This is an important one for me, because there is a blind man who I do not favour but with whom I must remember to be compassionate. I think that I am such a great Christian, because I look after the widows and visit the prisoners, but if there is one thing that I do not do that Christ requests of me, then all that I do do, is nulled.
I almost didn't read today's Sunday Mass readings, because I didn't go to Church. I thought that I didn't deserve to read the Word, or that I would be a hypocrite, but the thing is, while I absolutely should have gone to Mass, not only is the idea that I need to stay away from scripture of the devil, I am a hypocrite nevertheless, for if I had my way, I would forsake who I'm supposed to invite in.
“When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Comments
Post a Comment