Everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile

“Do you not realize that everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile, since it enters not the heart but the stomach and passes out into the latrine?” (MK 7: 18-19)

This is like our example of coca-cola and water used in Program 1. The difference between them is that when coca-cola is shaken it will explode, but water will be still. Everything comes from us and our emotions—“everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile, since it enters not the heart.” We need to take care of our hearts and protect them because this is the only way we can protect our relationships. 

“Your word, O Lord, is truth: consecrate us in the truth.” (Gospel Acclamation)