+ Our readings today on this
Lenten Saturday are about the magnitude of the promises of the
LORD GOD to not only enter into a deep and personal relationship with his chosen
people – the Israelites of old – but also the quality of life that he is
offering because of it as a free gift: the amazing gift of “perfection” – and
not on a earthly human plane, but an eternal heavenly one.
WOW! Jesus tells his disciples
in the gospel passage to surpass merely earthbound expectations and niceties
and to “go beyond” what seems “the limit” – so long as the welfare and human
helpfulness that we are all capable of is adhered to and practiced – on a daily
basis.
LOVE EVEN YOUR ENEMY, THEN!
Love those who do not give you the time of day! Greet everyone with a friendly,
soulful joyful greeting – for they are your bothers and sisters in the human family.
The first reading relates how
they got to be your brothers and sisters: those who observe the commandments
that I have given (through Moses) and do so with all their hearts and souls and
energies will be my people and I will be their God -with whom they may enter
into a special relationship – and they
will be raised high when all is said and done. You will be a people sacred to the LORD, your God, as he promised!
Another wow! God himself in an
intimate and personal relationship with me!
May our thoughts, words and
actions today reflect this Divine Intercommunion and may our outward-bound
motivation, mission and message be to be instruments in the hands of the LORD
GOD, for the temporal and eternal welfare of all we will meet this day – those purposely
put there by God himself, moment by moment!
Behold,
now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation!
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