Jesus
did not come to abolish the law of God.
Rather, he came to fulfill God’s law and to uphold the law. But that is easier said than done. It one thing hearing that we need to uphold
God’s laws, but it is another thing altogether to live out God’s law in our
lives. As a priest, it is my duty to
uphold God’s laws and to apply them in the way I live out my priesthood and
minister to God’s people. But applying God’s law in a pastoral way to real-life
situations is a very daunting challenge.
It is often after much prayer and investigation and deep reflection that
I come up with a decision in how to apply God’s law in a particular
situation. We are to show love and mercy
in applying God’s law, but also we are not just to throw out the law and
disregard it altogether. There is a
tension in doing this, and it is not easy to balance it all.
When I think about living in the light
of God’s law and living out a life of discipleship, I think of how the message
he give us in our lives does not come out of a vacuum or a void, but God’s
message is with us in the midst of our reality and with us on our journey. Jesus is eager to help us and encourage us
and be there for us. God’s law can
challenge us and stir us up and make us uncomfortable and keep us up at night
if we really take it to heart. May God’s
law, the law that Jesus came to fulfill, be our guide and our foundation in
life.
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