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22nd
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Looking
through Granny’s old photographs, after
her death, one child gazing upon a beautiful black
& white image of her gran as a young woman
asked her mother;
‘was
everything in the world black and white back then?’
No, of course, but in other respects, life did
seem starker and simpler – or was it? What
was deemed ‘sinful’ is now likely
to be termed an ‘alternative lifestyle.’
Living in a full colour world brings vibrancy
and life in one way, but it also brings complication.
The monochrome world of the past had its fair
degree of shadow, as has today. In the sphere
of religion, the laws are still there. One hour
fast, confession of mortal sins, Sunday Mass obligation
– but when religion becomes a matter of
obeying rules, the danger is that the true religious
spirit fades from the picture. Law is law, it
is not love, nor is it life. Our friendships that
blossom into married love have couples struggling
from the heart every day to make flesh and fresh
their ‘I do’s.’ It comes from
the heart, it is not a legal requirement, rather
a binding act of love that comes from within.
‘…take notice of the laws
and customs that I teach you today,
and observe them, that you may have life…’
First Reading
Copyright
Intercom Fr. T. Cox
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