The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

by Sam Joutras, O.S.A. Imagine going to a doctor appointment and telling the doctor other people’s diseases.  Then, as you’re giving the doctor a survey of others’ diseases, you mention that you don’t have those same conditions.  Throughout the appointment, you never talk about your own health concerns.  Isn’t this what we do when we gossip or puff ourselves up?   Lent is…