In today's Gospel, Jesus makes it clear that the greatest laws are to love God with all of one's heart, soul, and mind and to love one's neighbor as one's self. All of Mosaic Law and teachings of the prophets "depend on these two commandments." In truth, they are the basis of all laws.
We are reading and examining the play Antigone in my 10th grade language arts classes. The first Ode in the play is dedicated to the law of humankind. It explains that humans have tamed so much of nature, even building walls to defend against the wind and roofs to stop the rain. Similarly, humans build laws to stave off death.
As our pastor noted in his homily, humans keep trying to legislate their way into a better world, but due to our imperfect systems, we always fall short. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't have laws, just that we shouldn't expect that laws alone will save humanity from itself.
It is here that God's two primary commandments work so well. Loving God and one's neighbor, and doing everything in our power to demonstrate that love, is what defends us from the ultimate death. All laws should be built with those two commandments in mind. This is why we should protest laws that work against these commandments and work against politicians who propose laws that promote or depend on fear, hatred, and discrimination.
We are reading and examining the play Antigone in my 10th grade language arts classes. The first Ode in the play is dedicated to the law of humankind. It explains that humans have tamed so much of nature, even building walls to defend against the wind and roofs to stop the rain. Similarly, humans build laws to stave off death.
As our pastor noted in his homily, humans keep trying to legislate their way into a better world, but due to our imperfect systems, we always fall short. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't have laws, just that we shouldn't expect that laws alone will save humanity from itself.
It is here that God's two primary commandments work so well. Loving God and one's neighbor, and doing everything in our power to demonstrate that love, is what defends us from the ultimate death. All laws should be built with those two commandments in mind. This is why we should protest laws that work against these commandments and work against politicians who propose laws that promote or depend on fear, hatred, and discrimination.
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