Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Pharisees have travelled from Jerusalem out to the region of Lake Galilee to find Jesus, but this is not a spiritual pilgrimage. We quickly discover they have come to find fault: “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” Isn’t it interesting that the accusation is not leveled at Jesus himself, whom we might assume was performing all of the rituals the Pharisees were so focused on?
But, before we get to Jesus’ response, we need to pause and really hear the Pharisees. Read more