The saga of Tobit continues and what is emphasised is the foremost place given to the praise of God. Tobias approaches his bride in the spirit of Genesis. All is for the love of God and he prays that he may live together with Sara into a peaceful old age. The man will support the woman as she will him and he prays that God will keep them from hardships; He will pity them.

A scribe asks Jesus the question about the commandments and Jesus tell us that the most important thing in our lives is to know and love God and that we must treat all people in the way we would want to be treated; the Golden Rule. It seems that Jesus was always in confrontation with the Leaders of Temple Worship; they indeed worked to weaken Jesus' preaching  and ultimately contrived to have Him crucified by the Romans. There are those who use this apparent animosity between Jesus and the organised religion of his day to condemn all our clergy; Jesus, in fact practises the Golden Rule and sometimes, as today even  praises a scribe or Pharisee .

Dear Lord help me to follow the teachings of Jesus in all that I do and think. Today I will labour please give success to the work of my hands and if that cannot be let me accept the failure without resentment, knowing that only good things come from you.