The Law and God’s Heart

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Interestingly, there are two sets of Laws that are to be found in the Pentateuch. The First being the simple and more direct words of God as commandments to the Israelites, namely the Ten Commandments. After that in a way God disassociated with the Israelites, and the working rules and regulations sometimes given by God through Moses, like the instructions for the building of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle, but mostly the other rules and regulations were given by Moses, among others the concession of divorce.

Love for Enemies

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Eleventh Week In Ordinary Time Matthew 5:43-48 In reading this Gospel Passage I am reminded of two relevant incidents from the Old Testament. a) The cyclic advancement of evil as illustrated by the story of Lamech (Genesis 4). He murders a young boy, for possibly just […]

Love for Enemies

Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday In The First Week In Lent Matthew 5:43-48 Today’s gospel passage is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Moses got the Law by spending 40 days and nights on Mount Sinai. God gave him the 10 commandments for the welfare of the Jewish community. Similarly, Jesus after […]

Love Like Your Heavenly Father

Matthew 5:43-48   Lets look at some logic When do we have enemies? When we consider some to be opposing us or against us Or when we don’t like or are against someone. Imagine yourself to be the King of the World With the best soldiers and guards Would you even give a thought to […]