Queen of Sheba travelled far, to see Solomon’s God-given wisdom, and was awed by his answers, palace, court, and Temple worship and praised the Lord who enthroned such a just king. Yet true greatness lies deeper. In today’s Gospel, Jesus, wiser than Solomon, reveals that outward things, food, rituals, cannot defile us. Uncleanness springs from within, the heart, source of every evil like fornication, greed, pride, deceit, envy, slander. Jesus declares all food clean, shifting our gaze inward. Defilement is an inside-out problem; purity begins with a transformed heart. Listen carefully: what flows from your heart today? a childhood wound, a hurt unhealed, a harboured grudge, seek Christ’s greater wisdom to cleanse and renew you with a fresh dose of Holy Spirit.