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:
Would you
be willing to give your life for someone you love?
Jesus in
our gospel for today speaks about Himself as the fulfillment of the law. In
effect Jesus was telling the disciples I am now the fulfilment of those
commandments from the Old Testament.
For
example the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) which God gave to Moses in the
mountain of Sinai. Jesus summarized these ten to become the two greatest
commandments which states: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your
neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments (Matthew 22:37-40).”
Jesus
summarized the ten commandments thus it became the two greatest commandments of
love. Indeed if we really have Jesus in our lives there would be no room for
hatred, condemnation, self-righteousness, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.
What will
remain in our hearts is love for love is the advocacy and language of Jesus.
Not a selective kind of love but love for everyone of us no matter who we are.
– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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