Jesus says in the Gospel reading in Matthew 5 that He has "come to fulfill the Law".
The other two readings shed some light on what this means. St. Paul writes that God has revealed to us a measure of His almighty wisdom by His Spirit, which allows us to see the Law for what it really is. Jesus speaks to this when He explains what various parts of the law are to mean in life.
The Law is intended to be a channel by which we attain Eternal Life, doing those good deeds that show we are on that pathway, good deeds spoken of in the reading from Sirach. God gives us free will, so we can obey the Law as a means to Eternal Life.
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