O: Dewdrops Apr 2026

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

A prayer for help against sinning

Who will set a guard over my mouth,

and an effective seal upon my lips,

So that I may not fall because of them,

and my tongue may not destroy me?

O Lord, Father and Master of my life,

do not abandon me to their designs,

And do not let me fall because of them.

Sirach 22:27

Things that defile

Then he called the crowd to him and said to them,

"Listen and understand, it is not what goes into the mouth

that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.

Then the disciples approached and said to Him, "Do you know

that the pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?"

He answered, "Everry plant that my heavenly Father has not planted

will be uprooted. Let them alone, they are blind guides of the blind.

And if one blind person guides anothe they will both fall into a pit".

But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

Then he said, "Are you still without understanding?

Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach,

and goes out into the sewer?

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this

is what defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions,

murder, adulterry, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.

These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands

does not defile.

Mathew 15:10-20

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