In the reading from 1 Corinthians, St. Paul speaks about the mysterious wisdom of God that is incompatible with the rulers and powers of the Earth. Yet God has revealed it to us through His Spirit, and it serves as the means for us to grow in relationship with Him.
This wisdom of God is revealed through God's Law, which is the authority for how we are to conduct ourselves in relationship with Him. Psalm 119 speaks about the importance of following God's Law.
And Jesus Christ, in the Sermon on the Mount, affirms the importance of the Law, saying that He has not come to abolish it, but to fulfill it. By His Paschal Mystery of Death and Resurrection, He frees us from sin so that we can live to be just like the Father in Heaven. Our righteousness surpasses the legalistic mindset of the scribes and Pharisees that is so narrowly focused on following rules. Instead, we take on a more holistic approach, to live with right attitudes toward one another, so that we act in right ways toward one another, revealing through our living the Love God shows to us, by sharing it with one another.
We are challenged to do more than the bare minimum, putting in the effort to give ourselves fully to abiding by the Law of God in love, that we may experience, as Sirach speaks of, the fullness of life.
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