A sign of contradiction.
Wearing your piety on your sleeve - or not...
In today’s Gospel Our Lord warns us, “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them… When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do… to win the praise of others.
When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray so that others may see them.
When you fast, (do it) so that you may not appear to others to do so. - Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18
Yet what does Jesus mean then when he tells us, “You are the salt of the earth… the light of the world… Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds, and glorify your heavenly Father.” - Matthew 5: 13-16
I’m not really asking a question here.
Although the Lord does seem to explain the matter, “Unless your holiness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees you shall not enter the kingdom of God.” - Matthew 5: 20
June 19th, 2008 at 7:29 am
To me it’s the difference between doing and being.