Daily Reflections, July 21, 2023. Mt 10:16-23

*The path of love*

"If you accept understood what means: I want mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned those who did not commit a fault"

The way to God is love and justice. This is the way of Jesus. This path is totally opposed to that of the doctors of the law. Their path is to cling only to the law, to the letter of the law. Yet such an approach leads to closure, rigidity and selfishness. However, the path of love opens up to understanding, knowledge and discernment. This path leads to full fulfillment, leads to holiness, to salvation, to the encounter with Jesus who is Love (1John 4:8). Love is above everything. Love understands everything. (1 Corinthians 13). It is love that gives meaning to the law and not the contrary. This is why "the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath"

Fr. G. R. BIDZOGO SAC