Before his covenant with Abraham, before his covenant with Moses, we hear of the covenant that God makes with his people through Noah today after the great flood. God promises that he will not send another flood to destroy the earth again. The sign of that covenant is the rainbow that crosses the sky. Just as rainbows are signs of sunshine after rain, the rainbow is a reminder to the people of God’s covenant with them. Later, God will make a more specific covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Then there will be covenant between Moses and Israel, entailing corresponding obligations: fidelity to God’s commandments and observance of the Sabbath. We live today under the final covenant between God and his people - the New Testament covenant between God and the world that was signed in the blood of his son on the cross, the covenant that we celebrate each time we gather around the eucharistic table of the Lord. We renew this covenant each time we celebrate the Eucharist, each time we reconcile with God and our brothers and sisters, each time we live out the Gospel in our lives. We are indeed a covenant people. May we never forget that.
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