30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 27th October 2019 (YEAR C)

A well-known multi-millionaire once had a near fatal heart attack. After he recovered he was invited to appear on a national television chat show to reflect on the experience. At one stage the interviewer asked him, ‘Did you have a near-death experience after your heart attack?’ The multi-millionaire pulled himself up to his full height and exclaimed, ‘I was clinically dead. I went to the other side, and I am here to tell you there’s nothing there!’ In his case, of course, there might not be anything there, but his response reminds me of the Pharisee in today’s Gospel.

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