March 2 - Ash Wednesday Gospel and Homily | Fr. Mario Sobrejuanite.

the lord be with you and with your spirit the proclamation from the holy gospel according to saint matthew glory to you o lord jesus said to his disciples take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them otherwise you will have no recompense from your heavenly father when you give ambs do not blow a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others amen they say to you they have received their reward but when you give hands do not let your left hand know what your right is doing so that your aunt's giving may be secret and your father who sees in secret will repay you when you pray do not be like the hypocrites who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them even i say to you they have received their reward but when you pray go to your inner room close the door and pray to your father in secret and your father who sees in secret will repay you when you fast do not look gloomy like the hypocrites they neglect their appearance so that they may appear to others to be fasting i mean they say to you they have received their reward but when you fast anoint your head and wash your face so that you may not appear to be fasting except to your father who is hidden and your father who sees what is hidden will repay you sisters and brothers the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ these had to be told and said that so we may truly learn what it means to be pleasing to him in another gospel reading he was warning his disciples unless your holiness does not surpass that of the scribes and the pharisees you will not enter the kingdom of heaven holiness sometimes if your justice does not surpass you're being just you're being pious you're being a person of prayer does not surpass the way the scribes and the phrases do these things [Music] your relationship with god which guides your relationship with fellow men your piety your religiosity your faith is what are we saying when you speak of a real religion it means most of all not something but something here you will be asked that in that relationship you have great confidence in your god you have great trust in him but above all that you're in your relationship you have sincerity to gain human favor to impress others selfish and motivation they want to solicit praise the one and desire the approval of man ascendant you know what is the greatest pain of a kind of religion that is like the scribes and the pharisees young point of reference a hindi not used you do this before man and not before this god whom you profess to be worshipping [Music] on these actors they just put on a mask and so in the end to be a hypocrite is to put on a mask it is not your real self hypocrisy in religion is that which is directed to god in a direct mood your action that is supposed to be distinct for god and destiny and purpose and motivation sidelined [Music] hypocrites three times three times on purpose you have gained your reward for the problem is not about showing goodness and then receiving rewards but in seeking it in the very first place as we enter into the season of life we are advised that to be able to really journey into this season represented themselves as religious man the lord is not telling us do the right things with the right motivation because there are many things good that we can do but which we do with the wrong reasons pope francis always tells us that the problem of man is constantly to be tempted with having more getting more powerful and then the third to seek only to appear he tells us be the holy the lord tells us be perfect as the heavenly father is perfect it all goes back to the one basic thing but if it is only to self-lift yourself your purpose is to be seen your purpose is to be praised you will not always be praised you will not always get the applause of man you will not always be not frustrated by the reactions of others thanksgiving prayer fasting motivations is prayer is your desire to connect with your god to deepen your relationship with him fasting is to declare him lord i am not attached to the things that will one day go away not even to fool because for me you are the most important i am giving lord because the blessing should not stay with me because to be blessed means that you want me to be a blessing for others the act of charity that pushes you to give doing the exercises all of these is useless if your prayer does not become adoration you're fasting but if you are doing this because you are saying lord i would like to sacrifice because you have sacrificed your life for me then that makes it a beautiful act three times didn't should not be deterred the word secret do all of these in secret do all of these not to be seen do all of this because your motivation is only to look to be to be seen by him who looks at you in secret and that is your god today we will receive the ashes and there are two formulas that are being used by the church one is to remind us that we are nothing before god not we are not supposed to be entitled unless it is truly done for love of him remember man you are dust yourself turn away from sin and believe in the gospel but to believe in the gospel that in the end why did he do all of this to make you a child of god to save you from a world that in the end will one day pass and a joy that is not forever because he desires to give you what he has as the child of god eternal joy in heaven eternal life with him in the next matters of the heart do matter allah

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Published: Wed Mar 02 2022