TURN TO INTEGRITY
What you do matters, of course. But why you do it and how you do it matters more. What you do receives its true value from who you are as a person and it is not the other way about!
The prayers said, the rites performed, the sacrifices undertaken, the vows made and fulfilled, the practices kept up - all these will have their value, depending on the quality of daily life, types of ordinary choices and the respectful interpersonal relationships that one has in life. What a scandal it is to have a wide gaping space between one's beliefs and one's practices, between one's religious practice and one's personal relationships, between one's religious convictions and moral values. The readings today invite us to turn to integrity - to preach what we believe and to live what we preach; to stand up for what we believe and to live personally what we stand up for. Integrity gives one the authority that comes from Truth, in a way, it comes from God! Real godly persons are those who live a life of integrity says the liturgy today, urging us to turn to integrity.
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