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March 23, 2022Today’s Gospel contains an interesting element if a person is receptive to it. Jesus tells his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.” “I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” Jesus is talking about the Mosaic law. In our modern time cafeteria Christians are not uncommon. They chose to believe this and not that. According to some scholars, there was 1600 years between Moses, the Passover and the birth of Christ. The Mosaic law was still being practiced from the First Covenant at Mount Sinai, and he is telling the disciples something important about change.
Times have not changed today. We have an eternal God outside of our partial understanding of time. Just as the children of Israel turned from God and worshipped a golden calf many of us have other gods. Football, the economy, our jobs, status and power are among the many other lords we can turn to, instead of the only God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. As we move through this Lenten Season can we take a moment and examine our life? Is our faith in Christ our top priority or is something else the most important factor in our life?
