Religion & Spirituality
Jesus protests against about human customs being given to the weight of divine law while the essence of God's law is ignored. True uncleanliness comes not from external things but from the intentions of the human heart. Last week Jesus told us "the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and light". Now James says God has given us birth by the word of truth. We were washed in the word when we were born in the font, return to it every Sunday to ask God to create in us a clean heart, oh, God, and renew a right spirit within us.Scripture Readings: James 1:17-27; Psalm 15; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23