For 13 October 2026, Tuesday of week 28 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 11:37-41, sent in from Lyon, France.
Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him; so he went in and took his place at the table. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not first wash before dinner. Then the Lord said to him, ‘Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? So give for alms those things that are within; and see, everything will be clean for you.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Fr. Jean Jacques Pérennès, OP
Fr. Jean Jacques is a French Dominican friar whose ministry was mainly in the Middle East in Arab/Muslim countries (Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq) and in Rome as Justice Promoter for the Order and socius of the Master of the Order for Apostolic life. He now lives in Lille at the Novitiate House of the Province of France and continues his commitment for interreligious dialogue.
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13 Tue Oct 2026
The Outside and the Inside
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Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him; so he went in and took his place at the table. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not first wash before dinner. Then the Lord said to him, ‘Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? So give for alms those things that are within; and see, everything will be clean for you.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Fr. Jean Jacques Pérennès, OP
Fr. Jean Jacques is a French Dominican friar whose ministry was mainly in the Middle East in Arab/Muslim countries (Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq) and in Rome as Justice Promoter for the Order and socius of the Master of the Order for Apostolic life. He now lives in Lille at the Novitiate House of the Province of France and continues his commitment for interreligious dialogue.