Evening: Psalm 136; Mark 7:1-23
In today’s Gospel - can you believe it!? - legalists chastise Jesus because his disciples don’t wash their hands! Of course, today you must wash your hands often. Back then, Jesus pointed out that it was the Pharisees’ hearts that were infected with evil, and handwashing wouldn’t help with that. Today, Jesus would teach, in the same spirit: Cleanse your hands, yes, and also your hearts. Wanting to protect others from disease is a desire of the heart ... The attitudes of our hearts are still of first priority exactly because, without fail, we must want to wash our hands.
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