6th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME.
READINGS:
1R: Sir 15: 16- 21.
PS 118 : 1 - 2, 4 - 5, 17 - 18, 33 - 34.
2R: 1 Cor 2: 6 - 10.
GOS MT 5: 117 - 37.
THE CENTRAL THEME OF TODAY'S READING IS :
THE FREE CHOICE WHICH GOD GIVES TO HIS CREATURES TO FREELY CHOOSE GOOD OR EVIL ; LIFE OR DEATH. AND THE NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE TORAH; THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE BASED ON TWO BASIC PRINCIPLES, NAMELY
I. REVERENCE
2. RESPECT.
1. THE FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS CALL UPON US TO REVERE GOD , HIS NAME, HIS DAY AND PARENTS WHO ARE IN HIS PLACE
2. THE NEXT SIX CALL UPON US TO RESPECT FELLOW PERSON , RESPECT LIFE ,GOOD NAME AND LEGAL SYSTEM .
JESUS IN HIS EXPLANATION OF THE SECOND SET OF COMMANDMENTS GOES TO THE VERY ROOT AND TELLS US TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT WHICH LEADS TO EVIL.