DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2015

Reading the Liturgy Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Reading 1: Romans 1: 16-25
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am not ashamed of the gospel, because gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first of all the Jews, but also to the Greek. For in the gospel truth of God becomes real, and the truth is revealed from faith and toward faith,
as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness. Because what may be known of God
it is evident to them, because God has revealed to them.
For what is not apparent from him, namely his eternal power and his divinity, may seem to mind about his work since the foundation of the world, so that they are without excuse. For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him. Instead their minds become futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. They act as if they were full of wisdom,
but in fact they have become fools. They exchanged the glory of the immortal God into an image made like to corruptible man, birds, animals with four legs, or animals spread. Therefore God gave them up to uncleanness their lust,
so dishonor their bodies among them. They exchanged the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and worshiped the creature
with rather than the Creator blessed forever,
Amen.
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalms: Psalm 19: 2-5
The skies proclaim the glory of God.
* The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands; use within one day tell it to the other day, and the evening one conveying knowledge to the following night.
* Although not speak, and not uttering a sound, but on the whole earth bergaunglah echoes, and their message to the ends of the earth.

Gospel: Luke 11: 37-41
At one point, finished teaching, a Pharisee invited Jesus to dine in his house. Then Jesus entered into the house, and sat down to eat. But the Pharisee was surprised that Jesus did not wash his hands before eating. Then the Lord said to him, "O Pharisees, you cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
O fools, is not what makes the outside, he also made the inside? Then give it as alms,
and everything will be clean for you.
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Afterthought
Perfection wanted Jesus to our lives pleasing before God is not only the outer side or seems to be perfect, but the inside is also to be perfect, that is the depth side of the heart must be perfect. One should not cover up his crime with things that are visible from the outside as the holy deeds and obey the laws and regulations. Good deeds are visible from the outside to be a reflection of net heart of evil. Thus, life becomes perfect before God.
Jesus criticized the Pharisees precisely their lives to stop the appreciation of life legalistic, namely life for the sake of regulation and written law and only in order to cover the existence of their evil heart. Laws and Regulations is meaningless if it is not offset by a basic clean heart, because if so then no more laws and regulations as well as a means to cover the guise of crime and justify evil, Jesus opposes any attempt of self-justification are false.
People should be honest before God and others, laws and rules are made not for self-justification, but in order to become a true human life. A life of hypocrisy really "evil" or not pleasing before God.

Items to contemplation
Look into yourself, whether the condemnation of Jesus was well worth it for me? It terms of what needs to be condemned and needs to be changed? We as a follower of Jesus Christ is advisable to know the rules that apply in the teachings of the Church and encouraged to move in to practice the content and meaning of the teachings such as the practice of the teachings of love to our neighbor;

Prayer.
Father, may Your Word be our strength to run all of our lives and to live lives of our togetherness, Amin