looking and sounding religious - 5th week tuesday 2018
Many of the laws observed by the
Jews in Jesus’ time were somehow either an over-extension or a distortion of
the original law. For example the law of
washing of hands. Originally this was
prescribed only for levites or for priests – that they wash their hands before
offering the sacrifice to God. The Jews however
extended this law of washing hands before every meal so that they can give the
meal also a religious significance. So, that’s
where this practice came from and began to be scrupulously observed.
Distortions in the law also
happened for example the law for the support of the temple. A person has to make financial contributions
for the upkeep of the temple. But it
happened that when a person donates money for the upkeep of the temple he is
absolved from supporting his parents, he is exempted from fulfilling his duty
to observe the 4th commandment.
It was called corban. This is a clear
distortion of the law kay man ang kwarta nga usaron mo pa tani sa pagsuporta sa
imo ginikanan ginhatag mo sa templo kag gani wala ka na obligasyon sa ila. Sa aton panan-aw subong daw ka balingag
gid. But that was the practice that
people do and a practice which Jesus condemned.
Here we are reminded that many
wrong and despicable things are done under the cloak of piety, that many grave
injustices and even dishonesty are being done in the name of religion. Ginahimo ang religious practices nga rason
agod maexempt kita sa mga obligasyon naton sa isa kag isa. Bantayan gid naton ini. Indi ko mapakaon ang nagamasakit ko nga nanay
kay may prayer meeting pa ako. Naga-undertime
ako sa opisina pirme-pirme gid kay masimba ako.
Maamot ako sa simbahan but the money comes from corruption or even an
injustice done to others. Or using my priesthood
to take advantage of people using donations to enrich yourself, to buy myself a
beautiful car. These are signs of which
Jesus has warned us, using the cloak of piety in order to take advantage of others
or using the cloak of piety to exempt us from doing our responsibilities well. Be careful about this. It may sound and look religious but in reality it is not.
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