The Sixth Sunday of the Year
Ecclus 15:16-20; 1 Cor 2: 6-10; Mt 5:17-16 (year a)
‘Open my eyes that I may consider the wonders of your law. Teach me the demands of your statutes and I will keep them to the end. Train me to observe your law, to keep it with my heart.”
The prayer of the psalmist bears touching witness to the centrality of the Law in Israel’s understanding of her relationship with God. The Law, and its faithful observance, was something more than external observance. It was a matter of the heart, an inner humility leading to communion with the living God.
