1st Reading: 1 Cor 9:16–19, 22b–27

Gospel: Lk 6:39–42

And Jesus offered this example, "Can a blind person lead another blind person? Surely both will fall into a ditch. A disciple is not above the master; but when fully trained, he will be like the master. So why do you pay attention to the speck in your brother’s eye while you have a log in your eye and are not conscious of it? How can you say to your neighbor: ‘Friend, let me take this speck out of your eye,’ when you can’t remove the log in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the log from your own eye and when you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your neighbor’s eye.

Commentary

We are encouraged to look each day within our hearts to recognize our im

­perfections, our mistakes, our sins. In fact, the Church invites us to make an examination of conscience every evening before going to bed. We do well, at the close of each day, to think about what we have done and what we have failed to do in living our faith, and to express humbly our sorrow for the sins on our conscience.

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Humility of heart and honesty with self are keys to growing in holiness. Humility and honesty are also essential in forming strong, healthy relationships with others.