Lk 11:42-46
[Jesus said,] 42“Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others. 43Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces. 44Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.”
45Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” 46And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.
Reflection:
You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them. A young child asks permission from her mother to assist her friend who has lost her favorite doll. “Oh, and what can you do?” the mother asks her sarcastically, but gives her permission anyway. After an hour, her daughter comes back from her friend’s house. The mother asks, “Well, did you find her doll?” “No,” her daughter answers. “So, tell me then, what did you do for her?” “Mother, I cried with her on the porch!” the daughter proudly recalls.
“You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.” A single, simple touch is often all that people need.
Call or visit a long lost relative or friend.