Saturday, March 13, 2021
PATHWAYS OF HOPE: SHORT REFLECTIONS ON THE DAILY GOSPEL READING - Broken Vessels Bearing God's Perfect Light
LUKE 18:9-14
9He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
10"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.'
13But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, `God, be merciful to me a sinner!'
14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Reflection by: Atty. Ted Te: Human rights lawyer. Faculty member. Regional director for Western Visayas-Lingkod ng Panginoon, Sector evangelization head-Pathways. Former spokesperson-Supreme Court.
