In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Today's Gospel is taken from the Sermon on the Mount, the first piece of preaching in Christ's public life.

In it Our Lord says that the light of the body is the eye. If the eye is light, so the body will be light. But if the eye is dark, so the body will be dark. By 'eye' is meant the soul, for the eye is the window of the soul. In these words Our Lord says that we are not to blame our bodies for our sins. Our bodies are the servants of our souls. If our...