The Law is celebrated in the texts from the RomanCatholic Lectionary today. The passage from the Book of Deuteronomy is the
presentation of the Laws which God has given the Israelites so that they may
prosper in the land which has been given them after the Exodus and time in the
desert. These Laws will show a people who are wise and gifted with direction
from God. Our mission today continues to be to show the world a people in relationship
with God through our intimate contact with Jesus. The Gospel from Matthew proclaims
Jesus assertion that He is to fulfill the Law not to reject it. Friar Jude Winkler
points out that this passage is within the Sermon on the Mount where the
description of those blessed by God describes behaviour in which humility, compassion,
mercy, peace, truth and the struggle for holiness in the face of ridicule are
the signs of people in harmony with the Will of God. As the Law and Prophets
provide a discipline which guides holiness, the Spirit of God writes the Law of
Love in our hearts so that our action will anticipate and strive to complete
the intention of a strictly legalistic moral code.
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