Jesus talks about three pillars or three pious deeds that can help us – every Christian to become mature in our spiritual life. These three pious deeds are almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. If we exercise Almsgiving, prayer, and fasting properly, these will bring us closer to God. It is obviously seen in this passage that Jesus reminds us of the wrong motive of some people who exercised these three pious deeds. These three pious deeds are supposed to put us on the right path to become closer to God, our Father. Almsgiving will free us from our detachment to our belongings or our possessions so that we can help the needy. Fasting will remind us that we always need God and we are always hungry for God. Prayer will help us to have good communication with God. In our prayer, we can find the will of God for us.
My brothers and sisters, let us be honest and genuine in our spiritual life. We have to make sure that we practice almsgiving, fasting, and prayer with our pure motive to become closer to God. Do not become a hypocritical person because a hypocrite wants to draw people’s attention and wants to be seen as superior to others. Please kindly bear in our mind, when we perform these practices in order to get humans’ approval, these practices will not enormously benefit us.
By Risco Batbual, SVD
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