I WILL WRITE LAW ON THEIR HEARTS
This Sunday’s readings encourage us to turn towards growth and transformation out of pain and suffering. The prophet Jeremiah in the First Reading makes a great proclamation: ‘See, the days are coming . . when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel’. God’s eternal covenant of love and forgiveness is written deep within our hearts.
It is because of this same promise in the Second Reading, that Christ became human to share with us in our suffering, forever praying for us and with us. In Christ, all suffering and death are transfigured into growth and new life through his resurrection.
In the Gospel, Jesus speaks of the personal suffering and death that he will soon be facing. He knows that he could ask his Father to save him from this fate, but instead he willingly makes a choice that leads to our salvation. Jesus invites us to follow his way of living. It is not an easy path to travel, but Christ is always with us, helping and sustaining us.
Let us pray for each other that through God’s infinite grace, we will remain true to the law of love that is written deep within us.
Source: Excerpted from the Scripture reflection courtesy of St Beuno’s Outreach in the Diocese of Wrexham, UK available at www.australiancatholics.com.au