Monday, August 28, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 336 - Part II.
(Youcat answer - repeated) “Do not
think”, says Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, “that I have come to abolish the
law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them” (Mt
5:17).
A
deepening through CCC
(CCC 1967) The Law of the Gospel
"fulfills," refines, surpasses, and leads the Old Law to its
perfection (Cf. Mt 5:17-19). In the Beatitudes, the New Law fulfills the divine promises by
elevating and orienting them toward the "kingdom of heaven." It is
addressed to those open to accepting this new hope with faith - the poor, the
humble, the afflicted, the pure of heart, those persecuted on account of Christ
- and so marks out the surprising ways of the Kingdom.
Reflecting
and meditating
(Youcat comment) Jesus, being
a faithful Jew, lived according to the ethical ideas and requirements of his
time. But on a series of issues he departed from a literal, merely formal
interpretation of the Law.
(CCC
Comment)
(CCC 1968) The Law of the Gospel fulfills the commandments of the Law.
The Lord's Sermon on the Mount, far from abolishing or devaluing the moral
prescriptions of the Old Law, releases their hidden potential and has new
demands arise from them: it reveals their entire divine and human truth. It
does not add new external precepts, but proceeds to reform the heart, the root
of human acts, where man chooses between the pure and the impure (Cf. Mt
15:18-19), where faith, hope, and charity are formed and with them the other
virtues. The Gospel thus brings the Law to its fullness through imitation of
the perfection of the heavenly Father, through forgiveness of enemies and
prayer for persecutors, in emulation of the divine generosity (Cf. Mt 5:44,48).
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