Better than all sacrifices!
Third week in Lent: Saturday, 14th, Mar 2015Hos 6: 1-6; Lk 18: 9-14
Sacrifices, after all, are for the sake of humbling ourselves in front of the Lord that we may grow closer and closer to the Lord. If the same sacrifice puffs up my ego and takes me to a higher plane than my brothers and sisters from where I look down on them, then that sacrifice not only fails to serve its purpose but takes me away from the Lord.
The Lord invites us to understand that our wish and effort to remain faithful to the Lord who has called us, is much better than all sacrifices. Remaining faithful to that call would mean, becoming more and more like God. ... loving, compassionate and humble in our spirit!
