The Real Life
So the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question—
“How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?”
His answer was:
“It was well said by Isaiah when he prophesied about you hypocrites in the words—
“‘This is a people that honor me with their lips. While their hearts are far removed from me; But vainly do they worship me, For they teach but the precepts of men.’
“You neglect God’s commandments and hold to the traditions of men. Wisely do you set aside God’s commandments,” he exclaimed, “to keep your own traditions! For while Moses said
“‘Honor thy father and thy mother,’
and
“‘Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,’
you say ‘If a man says to his father or mother “Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is Korban”‘ (which means “Given to God”)—why, then you do not allow him to do anything further for his father or mother! In this way you nullify the words of God by your traditions, which you hand down; and you do many similar things.”
—Mark.
The Wealth of the Heart
There is nothing that makes men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. Wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
—John Milton.
Home—the father’s kingdom, the mother’s university, the child’s paradise.