Jesus Will Straighten Your Path!
Today in our Gospel Portion, we have a scene between Jesus and His Disciples and the Pharisees and the Scribes. Our focus on life is addressed. We see in St. Marks Gospel,
Jesus says, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a person which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of the person are what defiles him,” Mark 7:14-15.
Jesus tells His Disciples 2,000 years ago and He is telling us today that our focus matters. The Pharisees and the Scribes were taken aback by the Disciples not doing the ritual of washing of hands before meals. Their focus of the external kept them from hearing Jesus and with the end result, missing the message of Jesus and changing their lives.
What we focus on matters!
The external actions of others, the actions of people, must not keep us from Jesus and His message.
Distractions exist but do not let them keep us from knowing and loving and living Jesus!
Pax. The Hermit of Peace
Hermitage of Peace 