A Lenten Minute Reflection for Tuesday, March 3, 2015
by Dcn Bob Bonomi
Today if you call someone a Pharisee, you're probably insulting them. But we tend to forget that the Pharisees and the scribes were the chosen religious leaders and authorities of their time. Jesus alludes to this when he tells the people to "do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you." Unfortunately, in focusing on their own self-importance some of them forgot that they, too, were to be examples of what they taught. Being a Pharisee wasn't evil; the example of their life was the problem.
We as Christians are called to be the Pharisees and the scribes of our own time, proclaiming the Gospel teachings to all, especially our families. But are we really teaching the Gospel by our own lives and actions, or are we examples of "Do as I say, not as I do"?
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