Today, we listen to the gospel of Mark, chapter 7. Our Lord Jesus addresses the issue of the Pharisees' exacting attitude regarding the most trivial matters like washing hands before eating. This was not about hygiene, but about a requirement they invented, to specify certain demands from the point of view of their faith. Our dear Jesus condemned this attitude. He described their hearts being from Him. They only paid lip service to their religious duties. It is an amazing point we need to be aware of. We can be fulfilling religious obligations externally, but internally our hearts are far from God. We need to correct this since Our blessed Lord pointed it out.
