Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time - Loving Beyond Legalism
About this episode
This episode discusses the deeper meaning of the Sabbath and the spirit of the Law as revealed by Jesus.
Read Online Loving Beyond Legalism Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.” He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry…?” Matthew 12:1–3 At the heart of the Old Testament Law were the Ten Commandments. But the Law also included numerous statutes, ordinances, and ritual prescriptions. This Old Covenant was good because it reflected God’s Eternal Law yet it lacked the full clarity and interior transformation that would come only in Christ. It is similar to looking through a pair of binoculars that are out of focus—you may perceive the general form, but the finer details are obscured. Jesus did not abolish the Old Covenant. He fulfilled it by revealing its true meaning and restoring its original purpose. In Him, the Law is clarified, elevated, and perfected. Today’s Gospel offers us a glimpse of that divine clarity, as our Lord unveils the deeper meaning of the Sabbath and the spirit that animates the Law—a spirit not rooted in…
Topics covered
- Sabbath
- Old Testament Law
- mercy
- love
- communion with God
- spirituality
Keywords
- Sabbath
- Old Covenant
- Ten Commandments
- mercy
- love
- Pharisees
- spirituality
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Pharisees
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