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Tuesday 2nd week of Lent
March 14, 2006
Tuesday 2nd week of Lent - Yr II
ISAIAH 1:10, 16-20
Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction
of our God, people of Gomorrah! Wash yourselves clean! Put away your
misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make
justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan's plea, defend
the widow. Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD: Though
your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they
be crimson red, they may become white as wool. If you are willing, and
obey, you shall eat the good things of the land; But if you refuse and
resist, the sword shall consume you: for the mouth of the LORD has
spoken!
MATTHEW 23:1-12
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes
and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do
not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice.
They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people's
shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. All their
works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and
lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of
honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation
'Rabbi.' As for you, do not be called 'Rabbi.' You have but one
teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father;
you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called 'Master'; you have
but one master, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your
servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles
himself will be exalted."
REFLECTION
In the first reading, Isaiah, in a satiric mode, calls the nation's
leaders, "Princes of Sodom," and its citizens, "people of Gomorrah."
The reference is to the two cities, which were notorious in the Bible
for the most licentious kinds of sexual perversion. One commentator
suggests that Isaiah was not accusing the Israelites of reviving the
Sodom and Gomorrah life-style. Rather, he was suggesting that the
people of Judah were very like the people of the two cities in their
"rabidly individualistic gluttonies." Judah's great gluttony, however,
was not sexual, but avaricious and this led to massive social
injustices, which denied the covenant relationship the people of Judah
had formed with God. Isaiah pleaded with this people, "Make justice
your aim; redress the wronged, hear the orphan's plea, defend the
widow."
A religion from which true covenant living is absent is no religion at
all. One commentator calls it a "religion that has lost its soul" and
which gives importance only to externals. The people of Judah worshiped
God only with their lips; their hearts were not rooted in covenant of
love, but in the love of material success.
In the Gospel, Jesus offers a similar critique to the scribes and
Pharisees. Their interest was not centered in covenant living, or in
covenant love. They gloried in the hundreds of rules and regulations,
which they imposed on the people and on themselves, making religion for
the people an impossible obstacle course. Meanwhile they delighted in
distinctive clothing, in tokens of personal esteem, in honorific
titles.
Today's readings demand that we ask ourselves some very hard questions:
To what extent is our living of the Catholic faith rooted in the
Christian covenant, in Christian covenant love?
PRAYER REQUESTS
We pray -
- for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
unborn.
- for the healing and speedy recovery of Leoncio Chua.
- for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- In Memoriam (+): Doroteo Tan
- for the personal intentions of Archelle
- Birthday: Arnold Cabote on March 22
- for world peace and reconciliation.
Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our
prayers and for those who need our prayers the most.
Have a good day!
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