Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Wed, 28A: "Woe"

... to you Pharisees. You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.
-- Luke 11, 42-46

Scandal takes on a particular gravity by reason of the authority of those who cause it or the weakness of those who are scandalized. It prompted our Lord to utter this curse: "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea." Scandal is grave when given by those who by nature or office are obliged to teach and educate others. Jesus reproaches the scribes and Pharisees on this account: he likens them to wolves in sheep's clothing.
-- CCC 2285

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