Bible Readings
P S A L M
Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20
R: Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
12 Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. 13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. (R) 15 He sends forth his command to the earth; swiftly runs his word! 16 He spreads snow like wool; frost he strews like ashes. (R) 19 He has proclaimed his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. 20 He has not done thus for any other nation; his ordinances he has not made known to them. (R)
G O S P E L
Jesus does not seek to abolish the Law of Moses, only bring it to fulfillment. There is much truth and good we can learn from the Law of Moses and we should seek to immerse ourselves in its study if we can. We should never neglect the Gospels. If we study well, we will discover that much of their morality, if not all of it, is based in the Law of Moses.
Matthew 5:17-19
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18 Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. 19 Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
my reflections
think The past has a wisdom from which we should learn. History has a way of guiding those who are wise enough to learn from it.
