Jesus is an amazing person. He is teaching us to be like him.
How do we do this? In the first reading today Moses is telling the people that we are God's people. We are to keep his commands. God will be with us because he has made this covenant, this agreement with us.
Jesus however reminds us again that it is not enough to follow the commands. He tells us that although we were told before "to love our neighbor and hate our enemy. But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you."
Jesus came not to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it. In catechism we are taught that the Laws were to serve as guides that would teach us how to live as holy people. Jesus is that culmination, he is holy. He has become God made man. He invites us to follow him. We don't have to wait until tomorrow. "Now is the acceptable time." God is with us in the present moment.
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