Father, my judgment of others needs to stop, especially when I don't even know the other person's story. I offer no excuse. Judging others does not make me a better person, nor does it do anything positive for the other individual. Judging others doesn't show who they are, it shows who I am. While the scribes and Pharisees confronted Jesus for not fully resting on the Sabbath, Jesus defended His position by arguing that human need takes precedence over a ritualistic custom. The scribes and Pharisees were merely following a custom and not giving full thought to human needs and survival. Father, I come to You modest and humble admitting this severely unattractive behavior and from this day forward I will do my best to discontinue engaging in such judgment. I know what I have done to the least of your children, I have also done to You. Please help me be more attentive toward humanity and to move through my Life with grace and respect for others.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 6:1-5

1 While He was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

2 Some Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?"

3 Jesus said to them in reply, "Have you not read what David did when he and those (who were) with him were hungry?

4 (How) he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering, which only the priests could lawfully eat, ate of it, and shared it with his companions."

5 Then He said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."

The Gospel of the Lord
Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ

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