THE GOSPEL
Matthew 5:17-37Do 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 comprehend the law:
justice, love and compassion.
Let the law make us holy.
Not like the 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 to do
that.
THE SECOND READING
1 Corinthians 2:6-10
What eye has not seen and ear has not heard.
What has
true eye never seen?
Swimming trout in mountain streams,
scattered wildflowers
on hillsides?
And
what has
true ear never heard?
Vivaldi,
honking geese,
laughing babies, lapping waves?
And is there something
that the true heart
has not known?
Glorious, intimate
unconditional
love?
We can’t
begin to imagine
what you have prepared for us.
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