June 10
Our Lady of the Snows
Weekday in Ordinary Time
Today's Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19
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Every time Jesus healed on the Sabbath, every time He ate with sinners, every time He touched the untouchable, the Pharisees watched with narrowed eyes and sharpened accusations. This man is destroying everything Moses built. Jesus stopped them before they could finish the thought.
Do not think I have come to
abolish the Law. I have come to fulfill it. Not one letter. Not one stroke of a
letter will pass away until all is accomplished.
He wasn't tearing anything
down. He was completing it. The Law was the blueprint. Jesus was the building.
Every line of that blueprint, every prophecy, every commandment, every word
spoken through Moses and the prophets, was always pointing toward Him. The Old
Testament didn't end when the New Testament began. It arrived perfectly.
And then Jesus said something
that cuts right through every generation, including ours: whoever keeps these
commandments and teaches others to keep them will be called great in the
Kingdom of Heaven.
I have a deep love for
scripture because it is there that we learn about the heart of God. Not the
soft version or a carefully explained, comfortable version. The real heart
of God. The Old Testament and New Testament connected like one long unbroken
conversation, prophecies made and prophecies fulfilled, every page pointing
toward the same Person: Jesus. When you read it seriously, when you take every
word at its full weight, something happens inside your heart. You can no longer
stay lukewarm. You change, or you walk away. There is no middle ground in an
honest encounter with the Word of God.
Our Lady knew every word of
that scripture. She grew up breathing it. When the angel came to her, she
didn't panic; she asked a question and then said yes. A woman so saturated in
the Word of God that when the Word became flesh, it chose her to carry Him. She
had been prepared by every letter, every stroke, every prophecy that came
before. Not
one of them passed away unfulfilled.
Something to sit with today:
Here's a two-part question worth sitting with this week: When was the last time scripture made you uncomfortable enough to actually change something in your life, and did you let it? And on the flip side, when you open God's Word, does your heart come alive with joy, knowing that what you're reading isn't just ancient text, but the living voice of a God who is speaking to you right now? Matthew 5:17-19 reminds us that scripture is not optional, not outdated, and not neutral. It is complete, it is binding, and it is beautiful. Let it do both, let it challenge you and delight you.
Rosary Man Jim 🌹
Freely given. Freely shared.
