Jesus
broke through a lot of barriers in his ministry. This is different than the approach that the
Pharisees took, as they were all about keeping the rules to every little
detail. Not that keeping rules are bad,
since we are all called to keep God’s commandments and the tenants of our
faith. But sometime we can get so
obsessed with keeping rules, that justice, mercy, and love fall to the wayside.
Jesus challenges the Pharisees today
about the way that they approach rules in their lives.
We just
celebrated All Saints Day a few days ago, and today we celebrate a well-known
saint in our Church, St Charles Borromeo. Charles
Borromeo was born in the 16th century, the era of the Protestant
Reformation, a time of great challenges and great upheaval in the Church. His
uncle became Pope Pius IV, and with that, Borromeo became a Cardinal and the
Archbishop of Milan, one of the most important Catholic dioceses in all of
Europe. In the
midst of the difficult time for the Church, he was responsible for organizing
part of the Council of Trent, and he help usher in some reforms into the
Church. Our system of seminaries and the
educational system we have set up for priests today is part of his legacy. St
Charles Borromeo lived out his faith and his calling in a difficult time in
Church history. Our current day is a challenging time to live
out the faith as well. May the Lord lead us and guide us as we face
those challenges.
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