Sunday 29th August – XXII of Ordinary Time
The Word of the Lord Disregarding the commandment of God, you observe the tradition of men. From the Gospel according to Mark (7: 1-8.14-15.21-23) At that time, the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus. Having seen that some of his disciples ate food with unclean, that is, unwashed hands – in fact, the Pharisees and all Jews do not eat unless they have thoroughly washed their hands, following the tradition of the ancients and, returning from the market, do not eat without having did the ablutions, and observe many other things by tradition, such as washing of glasses, dishes, copper objects and beds -, those Pharisees and scribes questioned…
