Readings
I - Is. 66: 18-21
II - Lk. 13: 22-30
THE LAW OF THE LORD IS LOVE
The essence of the Law of the Lord is Love rippled to be reached out in justice, mercy and faithfulness. The Scribes and the Pharisees diluted the Law to the disadvantage of the people making it stringent and difficult to observe. Jesus calls the Scribes and the Pharisees hypocrites because they were straining out gnat and swallowing camel meaning to say that the Scribes and the Pharisees insisted on the observance of the external bypassing the essence of the Law that was essential.
We wish to appear to be good in the eyes of the people but what Jesus demands from the Gospel passage is that we are merciful, just and righteous rooted in the Law of love. Who doesn’t wish to be claimed to be “good”? What is important is that we appear pleasing in the sight of the Lord by fostering humanity and humanness in our approach. Be original, be loving and be natural for this is God’s will for us.
