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Podcast: Catholic Daily Reflections
Episode: Ash Wednesday (Year B) - Lent—Taking off the Mask
Description: “When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do…When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites…When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites…” Matthew 6:2, 5, 16Hypocrisy is an ugly sin. Essentially, being a hypocrite is being a fraud. The word itself comes from a Greek word referring to a mask that actors wear to depict their character. The person behind the mask would pretend that they were the person depicted by the mask. Therefore, a hypocrite is one who pretends to be who they are not.