Walking will be noticed

The story of Ruth from the Hebrew Testament is continued today in the text from the Roman Catholic Lectionary. The faithfulness and loyalty of Ruth to Naomi is part of how she lives her life. This love is visible to Boaz who marries Ruth and they become parents of Obed who is father of Jesse, father of David. The psalmist praises the joy and fruitfulness  of those who walk in the way of the Lord. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus addresses the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. They hold the position of teachers of Israel yet their lives do not reflect what they teach. The powerful teaching and evangelization that Christians are called practice is the Gospel of the way they walk daily in the fruit of an intimate relationship with Jesus through the resonance of their Spirit with the Spirit of God.