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THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Woe to you, Pharisees!
We know the Pharisees as one of the arch-villains of the gospels, but it’s surprising that these enemies of Jesus actually had some things in common with him. Both wanted to reform their religion, and both saw personal faithfulness to be the way to that renewal. For the Pharisees, though, this effort meant zealous observance of Israelite religious law, while for Jesus it meant rethinking that law in a whole new way. The Pharisees allied themselves with those in political power. Jesus, on the other hand, was a victim of politics, and his authority was a means of God’s healing, merciful, and forgiving love, not of control. How can you exercise your authority for good?
TODAY’S READINGS: Malachi 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10; 1 Thessalonians 2:7b-9, 13; Matthew 23:1-12 (151)
“Do not be called ‘Master’; you have but one master, the Messiah.”
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