August 27th, 2024

St Barnabas Anglican Parish ‐Bluff 
27 08 2024
Today's Gospel 
Mathew 23:23‐26

Reflection 
Jesus reminds us that is not the attention on the outside cleanness. He does not criticize the outside cleanness instead he is furious with the Pharisees preoccupation with the outside cleanness while ignoring the interior world of the heart, motives intentions and desires.
 Jesus once again reminds us that no amount of pre-occupation with external cleanliness will make the interior world clean. Greed desire for things including things that gotten by cheating others and self-indulgence are the seeds of all sorts of unclean thoughts and actions. The outside cannot be made truly clean unless we address those internal issues.

Let us pray 

Almighty holy and awesome Father, please purify my heart and my desire by the cleansing power of your Holy Spirit. I want to reflect my interior and exterior worlds. May the words of my mouth, the thoughts of my mind, the motives of my heart and the actions of my hands be pleasing to you.
 I ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour 

Amen.