Sunday Readings: Deuteronomy 4.1-2, 6-8; James 1.17-18, 21-22, 27; Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23
“Nothing that enters a person from outside can make a person impure; it is the things that come out that defile. It is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come.”
(Mark 7.18-21)
Every generation has to discern which traditions are life-giving and which are no longer helping us become holy. What traditions come from God and what are simply human rules? In Sunday’s gospel Jesus is breaking down the wall of the law that protects Jewish identity. He declares all foods clean and insists laws that last must lead to the praise and glory of God and justice and peace toward neighbor.
What rule do you practice that keeps you open to God and neighbor? What is the most life-giving rule you learned in your family?
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