Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Mar 22 - 3rd Week of Lent - Wednesday

+ “Uncanny” is the word that can identify the timeliness of the readings for mass today: once again we have the confirmation that the ordinary readings of any given day in the church’s liturgical calendar have can have direct application to what is going on in our lives, in our world, in the history of our own salvation and the salvation of the world.

Today the gospel speaks about “the vital importance of adhering to the law of God” – today, in Washington DC we see the final day of the grilling, vetting process for the candidate nominated for the vacant seat in the Supreme Court of the United States.

The readings and the events of the day have a direct connection with one another! There is only one law – and that is the binding ordering of the composition, constitution and operation of everything we see, including ourselves as persons created in God’s image and likeness. There is a basic, fundamental, ground of being and essence that encompasses all of creation.

The laws of interpersonal relationship, and the society of persons, already exists and is applicable to every person born – the problem then is not to invent them, but rather to discover what they are and the employ and enforce these laws.

All natural and civil law then is derived from the supernatural law of the Chief Architect, Designer and Maker of the universe.

When considering our own lives, that which will make us happy, content, at peace and even joyful is based on the supernatural principle of going outside of ourselves, and giving and providing for the true needs of other persons whom I find I am responsible for, in some way, to see to their happiness, peace and contentment. These include basic human rights endowed by the creator – and which are part and parcel of the supernatural laws of consistency and function.

And so in the first reading we see Moses imploring the people of Israel – his constituents – to observe carefully what the Lord has commanded them to do, for in that way will they give evidence of their wisdom and intelligence, not only to themselves as God’s people, but also to the nations of which they are a true and valid member.

And because their laws come from God – the laws of this people should be an example for the other nations on how the freedom of the children of God is embraced, treasured and protected.

This lesson, Moses tells the Israelites, must be taught “to their children and their children’s children” – for a successful and prosperous existence among the nations.

Perhaps the difficulty that Americans face now is the result of the same message of the priority of the law, emanating from the law of God, has been forgotten, ignored or deliberately kept from children and grandchildren – because of a dangerously faulty new sense of law and consequences.

Let the one whose guiding light and principles correspond more closely to the supernatural law and its enforcement be the next Supreme Court Justice. If it is the one who will be questioned again today: pray for his accession to the seat, and pray for the acquiescence of the entire court to the will and way of God: sought in the deep recesses of the hearts and minds of each of the judges!

Your words, your laws, Lord, are Spirit and life; you have the words, prescriptions and formulas of life not only here, but more importantly hereafter!

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