External Washing is Not Enough: What Jesus Demands of Our Inner Self (Luke 11, 37-41)

Comments on the Holy Gospel of the Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time, using the Catena Aurea. In Luke 11:37-41, Jesus shocks the Pharisee by not washing His hands and delivers a severe critique of hypocrisy: you clean the outside of the cup, but the inside is full of greed and wickedness. This is the most urgent lesson: what God truly demands is purity of heart and the practice of charity, especially almsgiving, which purifies the interior. The video uses the Catena Aurea to unveil why the justice of the Kingdom must begin from the inside out. The Catena Aurea (Golden Chain), compiled by Saint Thomas Aquinas, organizes the insights of the great Church Fathers and Doctors on the four Gospels, offering a rich and timeless understanding of the Scriptures. Consider purchasing the Catena Aurea through the link below: St. Matthew: https://amzn.to/3Zffl3p St. Mark: https://amzn.to/41jxcJj St. Luke: https://amzn.to/3VkVMFD St. John: https://amzn.to/3Zy9mIs The Image on the cover of the book that appears right after the reading of the Holy Gospel is as follows: https://pt.vecteezy.com/free-vector/b... What is the Catena Aurea? -    • What is Catena Aurea?   0:00 Opening 0:10 Offering 0:35 Prayer for reading the Holy Gospel 1:16 Reading of the Holy Gospel Saint Luke 11: 37-41 1:59 Commentary of the Holy Fathers of the Church 10:15 Closing #PurityOfHeart #Hypocrisy #Luke11 #Almsgiving #KingdomJustice #CatenaAurea #BibleStudy #CatholicFaith #Interiority