WORD 2day: 10th March, 2014

RELEARN YOUR BASICS

Law and Holiness had a very intimate connection for the Jews. For them, a strict observance of the law meant a sure way to holiness. As time went by, they began to identify the law and holiness, forgetting what lay in between... the relationships that the laws were meant to ensure! Laws were given to enhance the relationship between the people and their God and among people with each other as a community. And that is exactly what Jesus stresses on: the relationships! As St. John questions, how can anyone who does not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, love God whom they have not seen? (cf. 1Jn 4:20). Jesus places this as an absolute condition - the correlation between faith and love; when they combine there is hope; if not, the very fundamentals are under question. Let us relearn our basics this lent - let us begin within our family; let us love each other genuinely and that will be the best starting point to grow in holiness!