We cannot serve two masters. Jesus n tells us so much. But He does not only mean that we follow and obey Him. He also means that we trust HIM. Our trust in Him is tested all the time. The devil only wants us to distrust Him. That's how he got our first parents to sin.

Where does your heart go during the day? What consumes your heart as you go about your day? Jesus wants us to examine ourselves to answer these questions derived from the gospel today. In theory, that center where our heart should revolve around is God. Is it? Or is it a creature or creatures that we have decided to be worth giving up our hearts to?

Our Lord teaches us today how we are to pray. We need to underscore that Jesus teaches us HOW we are to connect with God. Perhaps we do not need to say this prayer all the time, but we have here the model and pattern of HOW we need to pay. Hence, we have here the absolute elements of prayer.

Let us take care of our personal formation, where we strive to go for real work on acquiring virtues, rather than being satisfied with a mere image or reputation. We might fall into the trap so rampant nowadays of being superficial in improving ourselves. Let us not only look good. Let us be good! Let us be truthful, rather than be satisfied with getting the news out first without having verified the veracity of the news.

Today's gospel is simple. Love your Enemies!

We have heard the principle, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." Our Lord requires His followers not to seek revenge, but to be merciful. This is the most difficult challenge perhaps in Christianity. Anyhow, Jesus never said it would be easy to follow Him. We need to let the Holy Spirit help us. We need to pray for it.

Today we celebrate our faith's highest mystery. Let's learn how to live it in our lives.

Honesty and simplicity may not be in vogue nowadays. What is in is complicatedness, wordiness, falsehood, misinformation, etc. Jesus reminds us in today's gospel about the importance of truthfulness and the commitment we each make in declaring each truth.

We read today's gospel about Jesus teaching about the requirements of His Law. He discusses the nature of sin originating in man's higher powers. Hence, any sin begins in our thinking and willing. Then, He instructs us to flee from occasions of sin. Lastly, He clarifies the evil of divorce.

We celebrate today the best gift we have in Jesus Christ as the Priest. With His priesthood we have been saved. All His actions on earth were transformed by His priestly nature and mission that we can now enjoy filiation with God and destiny in Heaven. We are all called to assume a priestly soul, in imitation of Christ.