Homily for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 30, 2015, Year B

Fr. René J. Butler, M.S.
Director, La Salette Shrine
Enfield, NH

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What’s wrong with washing your hands before you eat? What’s wrong with washing cups and jugs and kettles and beds? Nothing, of course. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Jesus did not criticize the Scribes and Pharisees for doing these things. What provoked his reaction was their reference to hand