Sunday 27 February 2022 – VIII OF ORDINARY TIME

From the Gospel according to Luke (Lk 6: 39-45)

At that time, Jesus told his disciples a parable:
“Can a blind man lead another blind man?” Won’t they both fall into a ditch? A disciple is no more than the teacher; but everyone who is well prepared will be like his teacher.
Why do you look at the straw that is in your brother’s eye and don’t notice the beam that is in your eye? How can you say to your brother, “Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,” while you yourself do not see the beam that is in your eye? Hypocritical! First remove the beam from your eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
There is no good tree that produces bad fruit, nor is there any bad tree that produces good fruit. In fact, each tree is recognized by its fruit: figs are not collected from thorns, nor are grapes harvested from a bramble. The good man from the good treasure of his heart brings out the good; the bad man brings out evil from his bad treasure: his mouth in fact expresses what overflows from the heart “.

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