In today's Gospel reading from Mark 7, Jesus scolded the Pharisees and scribes for clinging to human tradition, but disregarding God's commandment. We pretty much do the same today. As one example, if someone we know dies, we customarily send the family of the deceased a sympathy card and even feel obligated to attend the funeral service when we wasn't really close to that person. We simply follow the tradition to serve ourselves. Prayers would have been more appropriate and done a lot more good for the soul. It comes down to following God's love you feel in your heart or exhibiting your "fake love" for others to see.
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