Why do purity of heart and speech matter so much? Because, as Jesus declares elsewhere: “by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:37).
Dr, Scott Hahn reflects on the Mass Readings for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C).
Readings:
Sirach 27:4–7
Psalm 92:2–3, 13–16
1 Corinthians 15:54–58
Luke 6:39–45
In today’s readings we hear Jesus speaking in Galilee as well as a Jewish sage named…