[Catholic Caucus Devotional] My Catholic Life! Catholic Daily Reflections: A Confrontation of Love - Tuesday, August 25, 2025

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!” Matthew 23:23–24Over the course of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, the Church presents nearly all of Chapter 23 of Matthew’s Gospel, which contains Jesus’ powerful denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees. This confrontation took place in the Temple area during Passover week—the days...