Gospel: Matthew
5:17-19
Jesus
said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the
prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until
heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a
letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore,
whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do
so will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches
these commandments will be called greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”
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Reflection:
What will
happen to us if we would always observe the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-1) and the
two greatest commandments that Jesus gave us (Matthew 22:36-40)? We will move
closer to Jesus, we will grow in faith and there would be peace in our life.
This is
the price that awaits those who would observe the laws of God. Without close
observance of God’s commandments there would also be no close relationship with
God. Observe those who don’t follow the commandments of God or observe your
very own self when you don’t follow God’s commandments. What kind of life would
you have? Isn’t a life of chaos and endless problems?
Therefore
the key to intimacy with God is our faithful observance of His commandments.
But human as we are we are also subject to our own frailties. We fall and sin
every once in a while and thus we are temporarily separated from the love of
God.
However
Jesus also instituted the Sacrament of Reconciliation so that whenever we sin
we have a recourse out of sin. But do we take advantage of this healing and
merciful sacrament? Are we conscious that this sacrament can completely erase
every sin that we have committed? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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