You're listening to the I Pray with the Gospel Sunday Reflection on the St. Jose Maria Institute podcast.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my

father, and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me. The sixth Sunday in ordinary time,

a reading from the Gospel of Matthew chapter 5. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these

commandments and teaches men so shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven.

Unless your righteousness exceeds that of all the scribes in the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem,

for it is the city of the great king, and do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair

white or black. Let what you say be simply yes or no. Anything more than this comes from evil.

The commandment of our Lord is clear. We don't need to swear. Our honesty should be such that

people know our yes means always and only yes, and our no means just no. When our virtue is constant, people know that we are reliable.

It doesn't mean that we will not make mistakes.

We do make mistakes.

But an honest person has no problem in admitting their error.

Telling lies could get us out of trouble.

Being honest will maybe get us into other troubles.

Hiding the truth could give some benefits. Being honest can complicate our lives. But honesty is always attractive. As we read in

today's gospel, the commandments, the truth can't be relaxed. The truth is true even if no one

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