Commentary
I Say to You …
The idea
behind the rule “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” is to ensure that
revenge does not get out of hand (a kind of punishment that fits the
crime). It is for the preservation of a
community and a tribe.
The law
of Jesus goes beyond the benefits of one community or tribe, or even one people
or one nation. Jesus gives and is the new
law of love for all humanity. In Christ,
all are brothers and sisters, children of the same Heavenly Father.
Yet, in
our world today, we, Christians included, might not even put a community
first. We often operate by the
principle, “What’s in it for me.”
As Jesus
continues to teach the new law, today’s Gospel certainly offers us a chance for
some examination of conscience.
How am I
living for all others the way Jesus Christ does?
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