THE GOSPEL
Matthew 5:17-37
Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill..
Jesus,
let us grasp the law:
justice, love and compassion.
Let the law make us holy.
Not like your Pharisees,
who blow horns
before they
give
anything.
You showed us with your every breath
just what it means to be holy.
You are the wonder,
the goal and the
summit of
the law.
Teach us.
Turn all of our
law-keeping into love.
THE FIRST READING
Sirach 15:15-20
Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given to him.
God of
so much wisdom,
why do you let us choose?
Is it that you would like to be chosen?
Then help us always to
want you.
THE SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 2:6-10What eye has not seen and ear has not heard
What has
eye never seen?
Wriggling trout in mountain streams,
strewn wildflower
hillsides?
And
what has
ear never heard?
Vivaldi,
honking geese,
laughing babies, lapping wave?
And is there something
that the heart has
not known?
Glorious, intimate
unconditional
love?
And
better than these?
We can’t begin to imagine
what you have prepared for us.
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