Walk in the Spirit February 2020

Sunday 16th February 2020 Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Ps Wk II
each person are life and death, and
Sirach:15/16-21 whichever one chooses will be given.
Psalm:118/1-2,4-5 For great is the wisdom of the Lord;
17-18,33-34 he is mighty in power and sees everything,
his eyes are on those who fear
(119/1-2,4-5,17-18,
33-34)
him, and he knows
1 Corinthians:2/6-10
Prayerful Awareness
Mathew:5/17-37
Introduction
Today the invitation of the Holy
Mother the Church to you and to me
who have inherited divine son-ship
through Baptism is to experience the
freedom of divine son-ship making
use of the Law. "If you wish, you can
keep the commandments, to behave
faithfully is within your power. He
never commanded anyone to be godless,
he has given no one permission to
sin" While the Book of Ecclesiasticus
states thus, St. Paul too invites us to
proclaim the mystery of the wisdom of
God. St. Matthew through the Gospel
proclamation awakens us to gaze on
the Lord come to fulfill the will of
God. "Do not imagine that I have come
to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I
have come not to abolish them but to
complete them." Let us realize that we
who have been called to experience the
freedom of divine son-ship should lead
our lives and pray for the power to live
worthy of this call.
The First Proclamation
He has placed before you fire
and water; stretch out your hand
for whichever you choose. Before
"Abba Father! Abba Mother!"
21
Ecclesiasticus written by a Jew
named Sirach in the second century
B.C. consisting of many guidelines
intended to reorient the people of God
gone astray influenced by Greek tradition,
rites and customs to true wisdom
of God had been originally written in
Hebrew and later translated to Greek.
The book states that true wisdom is
related to the Law of God.
The unique gift bestowed on man
created to the image and likeness of
God is free will. Man endowed with
the ability to discern using his free will
is also capable of giving a splendid
response. To the extent that the experience
of divine son-ship deepens in a
man he is enlightened and empowered
to act much better than an ordinary
person.
The Second Proclamation
Yet among the mature we do
speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom
of this age or of the rulers of this
age, who are doomed to perish. But
we speak God's wisdom, secret and
hidden, which God decreed before
the ages for our glory. None of the
rulers of this age understood this; for
if they had, they would not have crucified
the Lord of glory. But as it is
written, "What no eye has seen, nor
ear heard, nor the human heart conceived,
what God has prepared for
those who love him." - these things
God has revealed to us through the
Spirit; for the Spirit searches every-