Religion & Law

This is today's Gospel reading:

Gospel

Mt 7:21, 24-27



Jesus said to his disciples:

?Not everyone who says to me, ?Lord, Lord,?

will enter the Kingdom of heaven,

but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.



?Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them

will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.

The rain fell, the floods came,

and the winds blew and buffeted the house.

But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.

And everyone who listens to these words of mine

but does not act on them

will be like a fool who built his house on sand.

The rain fell, the floods came,

and the winds blew and buffeted the house.

And it collapsed and was completely ruined.?

At mass this evening, our pastor reminded us that faith and justice are intertwined.  Unless we act with God's merciful justice, ...