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Jesus Christ Stresses Purity of Heart
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
From the “Workbook for Lectors” we know that
“Jesus prefers to associate with
An amiable, if somewhat unti-
dy, group rather than…critics with clean hands.”
Jesus declared that all food is clean.
Sin begins in the interior life.
Jesus healed with just one look of true love.
Bing Crosby sang “True Love” to Grace Kelly.
God restores our heart with a tender gaze.
We can do the same the rest of our days.
Husbands can give their wives the look of love.
Parents can look at their children with love.
Jesus Christ looks at us with compassion,
Even if we do not like poetry.
Patrick McCaskey
Patrick McCaskey is a Vice President and Director of the Chicago Bears, Chair of Sports Faith International, and Chair of WSFI Catholic Radio 88.5, as well as poet and the author of our Sports and Faith Series. He is also a grandson of George "Papa Bear" Halas. Surprising, inspiring, and all very human, Patrick McCaskey's Poems About the Gospel and Poems About the Gospel II are books for all seasons where readers can find a few words of encouragement in every poem. Poems About the Gospel is available from Sporting Chance Press, Amazon and select bookstores like the Little Way in Crystal Lake. Poems About the Gospel II is exclusively available from Amazon.
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