We have been working through the letter of the Hebrews this
past week. It is a very dense
letter. I don’t mean this to sound
negative, just to say that it is packed with theological and spiritual insights
and must be chewed on slowly, not devoured.
Tradition
ascribes this letter to St. Paul, though some scholars think a different person
wrote it. Yet there is more
agreement as to the purpose of this letter—it was a homily to be read at Mass.
There
is a ton of information in Hebrews 10 from which we read today. In seven short verses the sacred author
addresses Jesus fulfilling the Old Testament, Jesus as our high priest, Baptism
(“our hearts sprinkled clean”), creed (“our confession”), good works, love and Church unity.
All
of this is written for the Hebrews, and us, to live out the Good News of Jesus
Christ. As Jesus says in the
Gospel, we are not to take the lamp of our faith and hide it, but to hold it
for the whole world to see.
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