Listen to the homily here.
Notes:
Notes:
“Give me
discernment, that I may observe your law and keep it with all my heart.”
· Each
of our readings: Sirach 15, Psalm 119, 1
Corinthians 2:6-10 and Matthew 5:17-37
· Speaking
about “law”…
That is very small
word with dozens of meanings!
· Driving
laws
· Hunting
laws
· Criminal
laws
Today I would like to speak about our deeper laws
· St. Thomas Aquinas,
one of our best teacher in history shared about four laws
· Human law
o Laws of governments
· Eternal law
o The Divine Wisdom of
God that moves all things to their end
· Divine law
o The historical laws of
Scripture given to man through God’s self-revelation
· Natural law
o The Eternal Law of God
imprinted on all things
With a simple nugget…we should discern God’s law versus
our human or government laws
Where?
· The Bible
o This
is what we listened today
o Jesus
was fulfilling the Old Testament to his new law
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Murder
§
Adultery
§
Divorce
§
False oath (lies)
· Catechism of the Catholic Church
Sirach: “Before
man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given
him.”
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