+ “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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