Meditation: Wednesday, March 26, 2003

[Joachim]

Title: Meditation: Wednesday, March 26, 2003

The Catholic Calendar for Wednesday, March 26, 2003     The Third Week in Lent Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:     Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9     Psalm 147:12-13,15-16,19-20     Matthew 5:17-19 A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture: "I have come not to abolish but to fulfill." Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. How often have we heard that? But do we know what it means? The law is still with us. The law as laid out in the Hebrew Scriptures are the "limits" that describe the playing field of allowable behavior. If you follow those rules you are acting in a Godly fashion. However, you may not be acting in a perfect fashion. Jesus described, within that arena of the law, perfect behavior. This is typified by the beatitudes and other guidelines that Jesus left with us. "A real friend is willing to lay down his life for others." "Blessed are the poor in spirit," and so forth. So, while the Law and the Prophets described the minimum necessary to live a Godly life, Jesus described the truly desirable life in God -- He "perfected" the law and the prophets. In Jesus all truth is perfected and all human knowledge is brought to nothing. Let us seek to live fully the teachings of Jesus and not seek to do merely the minimum that keeps us from the mouth of Hell. Our duty as Christians is to serve as a beacon, and a beacon needs to shine as brightly as possible. - JuandelaCruz, T.O.Carm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) YOU CAN HELP to evangelize the Word of God: Please recommend our website to your friends and Catholic webmasters at: http://www.borg.com/~joachim/DailyMeds.html (case sensitive) BLOG? The meditations are also available at our new blog at: http://dailymeds.blogspot.com ARCHIVED Meditations: http://www.abcsoffaith.com/quiet/quietplace.html also at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] and: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ FOR ALL COMMUNICATIONS including subscribe/unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The FINE PRINT: (c)1986-2003 The Way, The Truth, The Life. Permission granted to make reprints of the meditations or to post on any web page, except for profit. Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible with Revised New Testament and Revised Psalms (c)1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copy-right owner. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner.Text from the New American Bible: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm Lives of the Saints: http://www.christdesert.org/public_texts/martyrology/