Do we grow in our faith as to understand the Spirit of the laws of God and our Church thereby understanding them as written in love? Or do we hold obstinately to our own views of what should and should not be?
Do we love our brethren always first, as to be concerned for their souls, for their physical and spiritual needs or are we more concerned about the problems, the discomforts and the scandals our errant brethren may cause?
What a joyous day indeed is the Lord’s day! In worship and thanksgiving we remember as made present the one Holy Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus who established for us the one and everlasting covenant. We celebrate the resurrection of our Lord who conquered death so that we may live. Do we observe this special day in love and reverence for our loving Father or do we simply schedule it in as a ‘must do’ but according to our time and to what is most convenient for us and for our family?
GOSPEL
Matthew 12:1–8
Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.” He said to the them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry, how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering, which neither he nor his companions but only the priests could lawfully eat? Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath the priests serving in the temple violate the sabbath and are innocent? I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned these innocent men. For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”
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