"It is what comes out of the mouth that defiles"

Scripture: Matthew 15:1-2, 10-14 (alternate text: Matthew 14:22-36)
Which is more important to God – clean hands or a clean mind and heart? The Scribes and Pharisees accused Jesus' disciples of breaking their ritual traditions. They were concerned with avoiding ritual defilement, some no doubt out of fear of God, and others out of fear of pleasing other people. Jesus points his listeners to the source of true defilement – evil desires which come from inside a person's innermost being. Sin does not just happen or force itself upon us. It first springs from the innermost recesses of our thoughts and intentions, from the secret desires which only the individual soul can conceive.

Today I wish A VERY HAPPY FEAST to Jana Magdalena Tuckova.May God bless her.