READINGS:

1 R : Jm 1 :12 - 18.
Ps  93 :12 - 13a, 14 - 15, 18 - 19.
Gos : MK 8 : 14 - 21.

BEWARE OF THE YEAST OF PHARASEES AND HEROD:

THE YEAST WAS  ASSOCIATED WITH EVIL SPIRIT IN SOME CONTEXTS; BECAUSE IT FERMENTED FLOUR.
YEAST ALSO MEANT EVIL DESIGNS AND SCHEMING.

POOR APOSTLES!
' BREAD AND BUTTER ' ALONE WAS IN THEIR HEADS AND THEY THOUGHT OF NEXT FOOD OBVIOUSLY !
ARE WE BETTER ?

MANY A TIME WE ALSO INTERPRET AND UNDERSTAND SCRIPTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR OWN CONCERNS WITHOUT GETTING THE NUANCES INTENDED AND IMPLIED.

THE FIRST READING CONTINUES YESTERDAY,S THEME.
ONE WHO ENDURES SUFFERING PASSES THE TEST AND ATTAINS THE CROWN OF GLORY.

IT ALSO REMINDS US THAT GOD DOESN'T TEMPT.

OUR URGES __ TEMPT GIVING  BIRTH TO SIN__________ LEADING TO DEATH.

IT IS WISE TO STOP AT THE FIRST STEP.

YA........ AND THE BUCK STOPS THERE !

 

 

 

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