Episode 37 - PRAYER BY JUPITER'S LIGHT
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
LUKE 18, 9-14 (NIV)
Certainly, in every community, you can find two types of athletes. The first is like the Pharisee, who, like an influencer, stands proudly, displaying his religious piety. "Thank you, God, that I am not like other people," he says with such confidence, as if he already had all the medals in his hands. Somewhere behind him stands someone like the tax collector, humble and unassuming, beating his chest, whose prayer sounds more like a whisper: "God, be merciful to me, a sinner."
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