The Gospel today opens with Jesus continuing His confrontation of the Pharisees. Jesus is extremely angry with the them. He accuses them of paying their tithes simply to “look good” rather than acting out of love of God and/or love and concern for their neighbour. Jesus directly confronts them. He is almost brutal with them. Jesus makes it very clear what He thinks of them.

Today Jesus also is challenging each of us to examine why we do what we do! Do we do it simply because it is expected of us? Or do we act in a certain way because we want others to think well of us? Or do we choose to do something because it is the “loving” thing to do?

As we walk through our day today, may we be mindful of our motivations.

Let us pray that today and every day that all our actions will flow from our love for God and our love for God’s people!