Ordinary Time

Cruz-Mariaca

Daily Bread, reading 16 of 30

Luke 18:9-14

1 minute

And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable: Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

Luke 18:9-14 Douay-Rheims

A thought

Two men pray. One lists his record and the other can only say he is a sinner. Jesus says the second one went home right with God. It is a short prayer.

A question

Which of these two prayers is closer to yours today?

Read all of Luke 18

That is it for today.

Sources

Scripture

  • Luke 18:9-14 . Douay-Rheims text copied from drbo.org checked