Cleaning of the Mind and Heart

GOSPEL THOUGHTS

*Ordinary Season : 28th Week : Tuesday*

*Gospel : Lk 11:37-41*

*First Reading : Gal 5:1-6*

*Cleaning of the Mind and Heart*

*1) Spider's web inside the head*

Recently I had received a picture, which had a very powerful message 

It was a picture of the Head of Human person

Inside the mind, there were lots of Cobwebs. 

So there is a person who with the cobweb stick trying to clean the cobwebs inside the Mind 

Underneath the image there was this message *This is the most Difficult work*

*2) Danger of the cobwebs*

Something falls to the cobwebs can't escape easily 

So cobweb is very dangerous for the life of little insects 

There is also spider which attacks immediately as soon as something is caught on the spiders web

*3) Spiders web in the heart and mind*

Our mind and heart can be the places of spiders web 

At times we have varieties of Spiders web in our heart and mind 

The various spiders web which could be seen in the mind are following

The web of jealousy

The web of pride 

The web of arrogance

The web of revenge 

The web of prejudice

The web of anger 

The web of Laziness

All these above mentioned things work like a web in our heart and mind

*4) Inside of the Cup*

Jesus tells in today's Gospel about cleaning of the Cup from inside 

Unless we clean from inside, outside cleaning has no meaning 

What is more impotant is cleanliness from inside.   

*5) Removing of the Spiders web, from our mind and heart*

There is no doubt that there are plenty of cobwebs in our heart and mind

But it is our duty to remove it. So we use the following things to remove these cobwebs

Holy Scripture

Eucharist

Generosity

Truthfulness

Sincerity 

Love

Forgiveness

Trust in God 

Regular confessions 

All these will help us to remove the cobwebs from our life 

*6)  Am I ready?*

There are cobwebs in our minds 

There is a cobwebs in our hearts

There are cobwebs in our entire lives

There are also weapons to clean it. 

So am I ready to remove the spider's web or not 

*Think about it*

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim DSouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*