Finding the Way

The Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in the Roman Catholic Lectionary proclaims the great revelation to Paul of the resurrected Jesus which in his experience is the lifting of the veil of understanding of God which he compares to the veil which shielded the face of Moses from the people of Israel. The Christian boldness before the face of God is a difficult position for those in the Jewish Tradition. Paul who lived as a righteous Pharisee, attending scrupulously to the letter of the Law and the Tradition of the Prophets, has a profound deepening of his mission to be the slave of the Gentile people as he brings the message of Love through the power of the Spirit. Friar Jude Winkler emphasizes the incredible gift which the revelation of Jesus is to believers. The Gospel from Matthew continues the Sermon on the Mount to deepen the practice of the Law among followers of Jesus to live filled with compassion so that anger is rejected as a direction which brings death and sin under the Law. Our righteousness, we are reminded by Friar Jude, calls us to worship as we live and to be persons who celebrate and defend life daily in our action in society. Our Life in the Spirit is to radiate Love as clay vessels which shine only because of the Love of Jesus which is incarnate and visible as we continue to say “yes” to His mission.