Title: Meditation: Wednesday, March 6, 2002
The Catholic Calendar for Wednesday, March 6, 2002
Wednesday of the Third Week of 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 Scripture:
The Book of Deuteronomy is the favorite book of Jesus. He quotes from
it many, many times. In today's readings, we can see why, for
Deuteronomy is the book that explains the source of fervent and
consistent obedience to the Law. At the core of all the laws of the
Lord is an expectation that love for the Creator and Lawgiver is a
sufficient motivation for devout adherence. Jesus, despite His
sometimes broad interpretation of the Law, insists that He has not
come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it. Now, to Jesus, fulfilling
the Law means giving the whole person -- mind, heart, strength, and
will -- to the Law. Only a love for the lawgiver can provide the
daily energy required for this kind of obedience.
Who could possibly object to the least prescription of a law paid for
with Divine blood, and urged on us as a sacrifice of Love, in payment
of our eternal freedom in a heaven of joy and life?
- Msgr. Paul Whitmore ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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