Be a Sinner, not a Hypocrite
By Fr. Paul D. Scalia
Are you a hypocrite? Well, it might feel like that at times. At least, it should. Anyone striving for something great should be aware of his failures and how short he falls of the ideal. Even more so when the ideal is Christ Himself. You go to Mass, pray the Rosary, and say grace before meals. But then you snap at your children, covet your neighbor's goods (and wife), eat too much, and so on. Yes, we feel the division between what we believe and how we behave. We can feel like hypocrites at times.
Now, some of that division comes from being children of Adam. Our human…
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