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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> in today's Gospel Jesus turns his sharp eye and withering critique on
the many ways that religious leaders fall into corruption. What
precisely is bothering Jesus? Some religious leaders get their kicks
from burdening people, laying the law on them heavily, making demands
that are terrible, exulting in their own moral superiority.</b></span></span><br><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">At
the core of Jesus' program is a willingness to bear other people's
<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">burdens</span>, to help them carry their loads. And this applies to the moral
life as well. If we lay the burden of God's law on people, we must be
willing, at the same time, to help them bear it.</span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Another
classic problem with religious people and especially religious leaders:
they use <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">the law and morality</span> as a means of inflating the ego. The
trouble is that this drug wears off rather quickly, and then we want
more of it. We need a greater title, more respect, more recognition.</span></b></span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>What
is Jesus' recommendation for those <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">caught in this dilemma</span>? To be great
is to be a servant: lowly, simple, often forgotten</b></span>. Eschew marks of
respect; don't seek them. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Be satisfied with doing your work, whatever it
is, on behalf of God's kingdom.</b></span></span></b></b><br></div>
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