March 4, 2018: Third Sunday of Lent

In presenting the Ten Commandments, God showed His people how to be in right relationship with Him and others.  In fact, He offers so much commentary in the first three commandments that describe Who God is.

In our new covenant now, we strive for right relationship with God because of Christ, Who by His Paschal Mystery, in dying and rising, provided us the sign of God's presence among us.  He is the One to Whom we should turn, because His death by crucifixion is the power of God to cleanse us of unrighteousness and save us, above all human efforts to do so.

We turn from simply following rules to be inwardly righteous in our hearts before God as He purifies us to be temples of His presence in our world.