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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9, Psalm 147, Matthew 5:17-19
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LAW-LOVE
"Whoever breaks the least significant of these commands and teaches others
to do so shall be called least in the kingdom of God. Whoever fulfills and
teaches these commands shall be great in the kingdom of God." —Matthew
5:19
We often view God's laws in a stupid, adolescent way. We see them as mere
prohibitions or burdens. However, His laws are lifesaving insights into
life. For example, we can learn that contraceptive marital sexual
relations will undermine a marriage by causing alienation between the
spouses and often divorce. We can learn this from God's law and use this
revelation to protect and nurture marriage (Catechism, 2370), or we can
learn this by having our hearts broken through many years of marital
conflict. How many people have proven the truth of God's law by not
following it, and thereby turned their lives into experiments that have
failed miserably?
How precious is God's law! It is worth more than thousands of gold and
silver pieces (Ps 119:72). It is a lamp to our feet and light to our path
(Ps 119:105). Even the smallest part of a letter of God's law is to be
cherished and lovingly obeyed (see Mt 5:18).
Observe God's law "carefully, for thus will you give evidence of your
wisdom and intelligence to the nations, who will hear of all these
statutes and say, 'This great nation is truly a wise and intelligent
people' " (Dt 4:6).
Prayer: Father, send the Holy Spirit to me so that I can obey and live the
law of the Spirit (Rm 8:2).
Promise: "Hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to
observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession of the
land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you." —Dt 4:1
Praise: Once John learned why Sunday Mass was so vital, he not only goes
to Mass weekly but has made it a priority to attend daily Mass.
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February 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General Archdiocese of Cincinnati,
August 14, 2007
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free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
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