It seems it is easy to miss “the narrow gate” that today’s Gospels talks of. Yesterday I rose to the bait of someone who seems to enjoy berating her customers, just couldn’t take her rude remarks one more time, so I chastised her in public. I didn’t feel better for it, just irritated that she had roused anger in me. I will try harder to walk through the narrow gate today. Now I am wondering what is wrong in her life that she treats people this way every day. She suddenly seems very sad.

Gospel Mt 7:6, 12-14