READINGS:
1 R : Deut 4 : 1, 5 - 9.
Ps 147 : 12 - 13, 15 - 16, 19 - 20.
Gos : Mt 5 : 17 - 19.
TODAY'S READINGS CALL UPON US TO CONSIDER THE UTILITY OF THE LAWS AND COMMANDMENT.
USUALLY WE WRONGLY HIGHLIGHT RULES AS RESTRICTIONS ON OUR FREEDOM. WE FEEL LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE CONFUSE LICENTIOUSNESS WITH FREEDOM.
TODAY'S FIRST READING EXHORTS US TO FOLLOW THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND BE WISE AND UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE.
AND ALL ' OTHER ' NATIONS WILL SAY, " SURELY THIS GREAT NATION IS A WISE AND UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE. "
HAVE WE EVER REFLECTED THE COMMANDMENTS FROM ' WISDOM ' PERSPECTIVE ?
JUST TAKE A WHILE TODAY AND REFLECT THE FIRST COMMANDMENT, ' THOU SHALL LOVE AND HONOUR ONE TRUE GOD.'
WHAT AN ADVANTAGE WE HAVE.
WE NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT STARS, CULTS, ZODIACS, PROCEDURES, SUPERSTITIONS, BLACK / WHITE MAGICS AND
RELY ONLY ON ONE GOD.
SIMILARLY REFLECT OTHER COMMANDMENTS FROM UTILITARIAN PERSPECTIVE AND AS A SURE PATH TOWARDS HEAVEN AND LIFE OF CONTENTMENT.
THEREFORE JESUS IN THE GOSPEL ASSERTS THAT, NOT EVEN AN IOTA, OR A DOT OF THE LAW WILL BE WIPED OUT.
TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF THE RULES OF DRIVING, ESPECIALLY THE LANE RULE, OVERTAKING RULE AND THE JUNCTION/ CIRCLE RULE.
THESE THREE ARE BASIC RULES WHILE DRIVING WHILE NOT DISCOUNTING THE OTHER RULES.
THE MOMENT ONE DOES NOT FOLLOW THE LANE; ( EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT ); THE MOMENT ONE THINKS OF OVERTAKING IN TURNS AND CURVES EVEN IF THE OTHER SIDE IS INVISIBLE; THE MOMENT ONE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN AT JUNCTIONS ACCIDENTS AND MANY A TIME FATAL ACCIDENTS OCCUR.
IN A SIMILAR MANNER IN THE PATH TO ETERNITY WHEN YOU DON'T FOLLOW BASIC RULES, ( TEN COMMANDMENTS ), MAJOR ACCIDENTS HAPPEN MAKING YOU EVEN LOSE ETERNAL LIFE.
THAT'S WHY TODAY IS THE DAY TO ANALYSE TEN COMMANDMENTS FROM THIS " PRAGMATIC " POINT OF VIEW AND BE WISE IN GOD'S PERSPECTIVE.
