Feast of St Rose of Lima. Virgin and Dominican Tertiary.

WHAT IS HYPOCRISY? PRETENDING TO BE WHAT YOU ARE NOT.  ACTING LIKE A A SAINT WHILE IN REALTY YOU ARE THE OPPOSITE AND HATE SAINTS.

"Jesus said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, so that the outside also may be clean.” (Matthew23: 23 - 26).

Tuesday 23rd August 2022 of the 21st Week of Ordinary Time is the feast of St Rose of Lima. (1586 - 1617). Lima, Peru. Virgin and a Dominican tertiary. Rose admired St Catherine of Sienna from her youth and was deeply inspired by this Doctor of the Church who was a Dominican tertiary also. St Rose of Lima became a model of penitence, prayer and simplicity. St Rose of Lima was canonized less than 50 years after her death in 1671. She became the first native born saint in the Americas.

Our key Scripture for today deals with hypocrisy and lawlessness. We live in a time that seems to be marred by both vices.  How can a Christian deal with temptation of hypocrisy?  Hypocrisy is caused by Pride, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. St Philip Neri teaches that frequent Confession will lead us to truth and humility. The Church teaches that frequent Holy Communion will transform us into the copy image of the Person we receive in the Eucharist.

"Let them come here to remain in adoration before my Son, the Lamb Who was slain. Let them wash themselves in His precious Blood by seeking absolution from all their sins. Let them entrust and consecrate themselves to me as Virgin Bride and Mother. Almighty God will do great things in them and through them. I so desire that Knock should become for all priests a fountain of living water, a place of healing, of comfort, and of renewal.  My hands are ever raised in supplication for my priest sons, and my Heart is ready to receive them here."  (IN SINU JESU, Tuesday, February 5th 2008).

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