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Podcast: Catholic Daily Reflections
Episode: Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time - The Convictions of Your Heart
Description: βWhy do you not judge for yourselves what is right? If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate, make an effort to settle the matter on the way; otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the constable, and the constable throw you into prison. I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.β Luke 12:57β59The Church Fathers offer many different interpretations of this passage. Among them, Saint Bede says that our βopponentβ can be seen as the Word of God, in...