HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 3RD WEEK OF LENT
Homily for Wednesday of the 3rd week of Lent Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9. Psalm 147:12-13,15-16,19-20. Matthew 5:17-19. Our readings today concern the law. In the first reading, Moses said to the people of Israel that it is when the Israelites do what God has commanded them to do that will make them a great nation. Still, concerning the law, Jesus said in today's Gospel, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them" (Matt.5:17). All the law and prophets are summed up in the 'new' commandment: love of God and neighbour as oneself. This law reaches the four corners of the earth and the end of time. Living this commandment with the proper motivation and a considerate, dedicated attitude is what makes one great. Jesus, by his life, death and resurrection brings the law to perfection and teaches us that it is by loving God and our fellow creatures that God's law finds its fulfilment in us. This Lent...