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Mo Nguyen
SIX SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A
12 FEBRUARY 2023
BREAKING OPEN THE WORD
CHOICES (Matthew 5: 17-27)
Choices are a part of human experience. Some are minor and of little consequence, others will shape our futures and have lasting ramifications for our lives. Ecclesiasticus places a choice before us: we have the power to choose life or death, that is, whether we will follow the living God or not. While many people are fearful of God’s judgement the point of the first reading is that any judgement on God’s part is only a consequence of our own (cf. John 3: 17. 12: 47).
Jesus invited his hearers to make a decision about the standard they used to live their life of faith. They had grown up with the Jewish law but now the invitation is made to choose a new set of criteria. In the next few weeks, the excerpts from the Sermon on the Mount invite us to choose once again the values that Jesus places before us. Today the challenge is made in terms of our attitude regarding violence, sexual morality and the quality of our speech.
Paul places a choice before the Corinthians – to model their lives on the wisdom of the cross. In Paul’s time, the mystery cults abounded and such groups considered themselves as having been initiated into the elect, those who had knowledge and power denied to those around them. He knew they had been given the gift of the Spirit and wisdom, but it was the misunderstood and paradoxical wisdom of the cross.
CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP
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