When someone neglects his relationship with God, when he doesn't pray, the soul is emptied, and this person begins to deceive himself, others, and God, and ends up doing acts against charity. It is necessary to be humble and religious , as St. James recommends in the second reading, in order to not fall into sin.
Only the humble will triumph and reach heaven. The selfish person closes his soul to God, who in his infinite love wants to help us. St. James also recommends to have an authentic religious life, perfected by works of charity.
In the Gospel our Lord tells us to reject hypocrisy. Only those who struggle against hypocrisy will be more authentic. Hypocrisy is produced by original sin. The Devil takes advantage of this reality because he is the prince of lies.
Hypocrisy is a lie. It appears to be something that it isn’t.
Hypocrisy is to have a double life.
Hypocrisy is a lack of unity of life.
Hypocrisy is a lack of unity of soul and mind.
If we fight against sin, temptations, evil things, we are less hypocritical, we are more authentic. Some Catholics in fact lead a double life, one life of masks, appearances, falsehood, which depends on the opinion of men; the other life a careless and selfish relationship with God.
We want to live a unity of life, without masks, double-talk and lies.
Jesus wants men and women who lead coherent and sincere lives of faith and love. We should seek in everything, the truth, fleeing from hypocrisy and duplicity.. We will in this respect be imitating the life of the Lord.
In our day there is a special need for men and women who are true to their word, who live a unity of life. Let us imitate the Lord in his love for the Truth. He died for the truth. Hail Mary, you who live in the truth, teach us to live in the truth.
The benefits of living in the truth include: peace and joy in the soul, rest and motivation for the mind and the heart.
It is to meet the goal that God has set for us:
- To be more like Christ everyday
- To be brave
- To be wise and prudent and to obtain Heaven
Only the humble love truth. Saint Joseph teach us to be humble.
Let us pray more for the priests, let us do acts of penance, offering small sacrifices for their conversion.
Let us pray for the victims and for the parents involved.
Let us pray for the bishops, that they may do God’s will.
Guardian Angels, servers of God and men, help us to be more faithful to God.