Sixth Sunday of Easter (3)

Love God with all heart.

First greatest

to do, hear Gospel, keep his commandments

can’t say love Christ w/o

keep, must know

How know commandments?

5 things

first 3 like soul, and last two like body moved by our soul. (use hand)

Scripture

One best source since infallible

Majority Christians (including us) say never contradict Scripture

but disagree commandments all over place

only infallible as interpreter is

doesn’t

read rule book

clear answer every situation

Tradition

history and research into what Church thought and declared

very good and helpful,

same issues of Scripture

only as certain as the interpreter

Magisterium

short comings in Scripture or Tradition

living interpreters rather dead letter religion

gives living Apostles, which as 2nd reading says faith is built on

as 1 Pet 2:5 tells us, the stones are living

CCC 85, authentic interpreters

To Peter and the 12 he gives authority to bind and loose

judges of israel sitting thrones

a final arbiters to settle disputes and declare true confession

w/ Peter, papacy, as the chief

THESE 3 are soul, now how live in body:

Society

certainly dialogue with Faith in society helps 2 ways w/ Christ’s commandments

but society not soul of unchanging Christ

Heb 13:8. (yest, today, forever)

much less reliable than Scripture and Tradition.

2 ways helps:

how apply commandments

by dialogue, better understanding of unchanging commandments Church already have

yet as V2 admits and our history over millenia steps forward are sometimes steps back

forget old teaching by listening to society too.

can go both ways

obviously not all progress is enlightening

worse still, whenever try replace/add unchanging deposit of faith to fit society we deny the unchanging Christ

Body Christ boat afloat no matter current takes us

in chaos of changing world boat sure foundation

in living society CANT grow stagnant like dead letter religion

2 John 1:9. must not be so Progressive as to not remain in teaching of Christ

intuition or conscience

just know inside self

God illumines some truth, particularly baptized, true

But

not precise, more vague idea PEICE right or wrong

easily polluted by world’s current orthodoxy

what people, blog, or news we listen to

All good but fall short on own

We need to utilize these all to upmost of your ability

first 3 like immortal soul

last 2 like changing body

As Gospel says

if seek to love Christ, keep commandments, and commandments must be known.

Commands not some loose fuzzy idea or feeling,

Solid body built upon Scripture, Tradition, Magisterium and lived our in society and our conscience.

if we love Christ, then we keep the commands

Notes

me

2nd reading

Founded on stones apostles

stone, solid, unchanging unlike world

but living and growing (not by destroying/contradicting)

if did no hope whatsoever.

not built on Scripture but on the 12

THIS must be foundation

Good image of salvation and Church

WILL MAKE DWELLING to those who love Him (keep commandments)

“keeping”

Commentators

St Gregory:

“If thou wouldest prove thy love, shew thy works. The love of God is never idle; whenever it is, it doeth great things: if it do not work, it is not”

[me like blessed pure heart] “He truly loves, whose mine no evil pleasure overcome”

“In proportion as a man’s love rests upon lower things, in that proportion is he removed from heavenly love: He that loveth Me not, keepeth not My sayings. To the love then of our Maker, let the tongue, mind, life bear witness”

St. Augustine:

“Love must be shewn by works, or it is a mere barren name.”

Not that doesnt love b4, but that will love to point of giving sight/dwelling

leaves no peace to the world (free earthly enjoyment) but them. not able to avoid disagreement and combat w/ world. [me: not that worldly peace isnt somethign to contingently strive for, just that its secondary and will never fully happen until the end; can immanentize the eschaton; E. Voeglins def of ideologies]