Sometimes the law is … well, misunderstood

Morning: Psalm 105:1-22; Hosea 5:8-6:6; Acts 21:27-36

Evening: Psalm 105:23-45; Luke 6:1-11

It’s fitting that on St. Francis’ Day, in the Gospel, Jesus is challenging legalists about their misunderstanding of law: law supports people in doing good, rather than condemning them.  Francis deliberately turned things on their head too.  Faithful to Jesus, his Master, Francis prayed … “make me a channel of Peace; where there is hatred, let me sow Love; where there is injury, Pardon; where there is doubt, Faith; where there is sadness, Joy … O Master, Grant that I may not seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand.”  Amen to that.