Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent
Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot, and Doctor of the Church
Gospel – Matthew 23:1-12
“Everything they do is done to attract attention”. Jesus today speaks of a challenge inherent in our spiritual life. All our spiritual activities can be motivated by this danger. Jesus is pointing out this danger. There were so many customs and traditions developed among the People of God in order to follow the precepts of the law which is the sign of the relationship between to God. All these precepts and subsequent traditions and customs were born from the commandments of the Lord which is the sign of covenant between God and His people. So, everything was directed to this relationship. But slowly the attention shifted from the covenant to the oneself. The attention shifted from the relationship with God to oneself. So, every prayer and customs became an instrument to call the attention to oneself. This is dangerous for our spiritual life. Because in that kind of spiritual life we do every prayers, every Holy Mass, every Rosary, to get the attention to ourselves and not to grow in our relationship to God. Let’s reflect: Lent is the time to make sure that our spiritual activities are not to attract attention of others to ourselves.
Tuesday 27 February
