30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

It is nice to see good people praying in the church. It is nice to hear good news from people who are doing good for the church. But good people should be aware that in doing good, they should never put down those who have failed to do good. Rather, they have to pray for them and encourage them to take the first step of choosing what is good. In our Gospel (Lk 18:9-14), the Pharisee failed to do good as well as to be good to the tax collector. Instead of praying for the poor man's soul, the Pharisee criticized him. The litany of his goodness is now placed in nowhere. If the Pharisee was indeed a good person, he would never act in such manner. In short, the Pharisee was just faking his goodness. Jesus then reminds us through this Gospel passage that we have to be good in the real sense of the word and not just too good to be true.