Let's choose words that reflect Christ
by Renae Bauer
Words matter.
According to Sunday's readings, we can learn much about ourselves and others by the language used. A passage from Sirach states: "... one's faults (appear) when one speaks". Jesus offers a similar message in Luke 6: "A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks."
If this strikes a chord with you as it does with me then consider these resolutions -- the rest of Sunday's scriptures and Ash Wednesday. The Responsorial Psalm encourages us to give thanks to the Lord, proclaim the Lord and to sing the Lord's praises. As for Ash Wednesday? Forty days seems like the right time to practice and refine what Jesus preaches.
You bet. But it still seems long to me. :-)