JOURNEY TOWARDS KNOWING THE TRUTH OF CHRIST THROUGH THE YEAR

Dear Friends,
I would like to share my reflection on the Sundays of the Liturgical Year A.
First of all let me make myself clear about two things:
one is that these reflections are all purely personal and so subject to the modification and corrections.
The other is that it's only my personal journey towards knowing the truth of God's revelation through his Word-Christ made man Jesus. I just want to invite you to walk with me in my journey so that we can together and in communion enter into the reality of revelation of God. Therefore, it's only an invitation which always subject to any form of response, either positive: acceptance or negative: rejection.
This liturgical year celebrates the word of God from the Gospel of Matthew.
The principle aspects of Matthew's Gospel are:
1. Matthew writes to the Jews and so wanted to show the Jesus is the One who is promised in the Old Testament and Sent by God as the Savior.
2. He indicates that Jesus is the Prophecy Fulfilled.
3. He shows that Jesus is the New Moses who takes the old law and perfects it and makes it new and therefore He gives New Law of God to his people (seen perfectly in the sermons on the mountain - chapter 5-6-7)
4. More than a miracle worker Jesus is the Law giver and the one who leads people to see how God's promise is fulfilled in his person (His mission and preaching - chapters 8-12).
5. The continuation of revelation of God in the person of Jesus Christ.
6. The aspect of the Kingdom of God which grows from the tiny seed to the huge tree symbolizes the process and progress of salvation plan of God from the tiny tribe of Israel to the huge tree of whole humanity (parables on the kingdom of heaven - chap 13).
7. The promise of the future church on the rock (faith) of St. Peter (chap 16)
8. Fraternal forgiveness and making of the community (chap 18)
9. Awaiting for the God's reward and reality of final judgment (chap 21-25), in which also fall Jesus's bold and authoritative correction of the leaders of the Jewish people.
10. Jesus's Suffering and death which includes the institution of the Eucharist, Peter's denial of Jesus, death on the Cross which signifies Jew's rejection of another Jew Jesus and once again fulfilling the prophecy and finally resurrection from the dead with assurance of his presence through out the history of mankind.

With these elements keeping in mind as the general opening to the journey let us move forward with the mediations week by week.