Monday, August 26, 2019

Monday (August 26): Do not close the door to God's kingdom

Gospel:  Matthew 23:13-22

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you  make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, `If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is  bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say, `If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.' You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it; and he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it; and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

Pamalandong:

Gusto ni Jesus na permi kita Nija ka-estorya kada-adlaw para kita katudluan Nija na molamdo sa atô paghikilaya Dija sanan pagsabot nan Ija paghigugma sanan kamatuoran.

Kuman, abre ba ‘sab an pultahan nan atô mga kasingkasing para resibihon Sija sanan andam ba ‘sab kita na mamatí nan Ija mga pulong sanan sugô?

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