ONLY BY GRACE REFLECTIONS - Comments From the Chair - 10 March 2021

#TeachingAboutTheLaw #Traditions #Change #Magisterium #CatholicChurch #PopeFrancis #PopeBenedictXVI #StMotherTeresa TOPIC: DO YOU RESPECT TRADITION WHILE ADAPTING TO CHANGE? First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20 Verse Before the Gospel: John 6:63C, 68C Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19 In today’s liturgical readings, tradition and change go side by side as an essential element of our life. In the first reading, Moses tells the Israelites to respect their laws and customs because they come from God. Obeying the laws will please God. In the gospel reading, Jesus emphasizes that He has not come to abolish the Law but to uphold it and complete it. Remember that He is a Jew and His audience are mainly Jews. From the time Moses introduced the Ten Commandments, the scribes have inserted many laws that have clouded the spirit of the law and put more emphasis on the letter. This is the 337th installment of our CFC quarantine contemplation series focusing on the daily liturgical readings. [NOTE: All the regular reflections are between 3-7 minutes long, enough time for us to ponder what God's message is for us individually and to pray that we may live them out in our lives. This video is also available on   / cfchrist   and Bong Arjonillo’s Facebook page]