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Daily Meditation: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10
What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, . . . God has revealed to us. (1 Corinthians 2:9, 10)
That’s quite a bold statement! St. Paul is saying that, through Jesus’ death and resurrection, the Holy Spirit has revealed something that no one had ever seen or heard of before. Paul calls that something “God’s wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory” (1 Corinthians 2:7).
For our glory. That’s not just a throwaway phrase. It’s the actual revelation that God has made manifest: the promise that everyone who believes in Christ can be glorified, just as Jesus, “the Lord of glory,” is now glorified (1 Corinthians 2:8)!
Sit with that truth for a moment. Prophets and kings from the past, great saints like Abraham, Isaiah, and Moses, all had amazing revelations about the Lord and his plans. But only now, after Jesus’ resurrection, has our own resurrection become so clearly revealed!
It’s easy to reduce the gospel to a message about right living and adherence to a moral code that we have to try hard to follow. It’s easy to reduce it to a set of self-help principles that we can adopt. It’s easy to reduce it to any number of things. But once you start hearing about God’s plan “for our glory,” you know that Jesus has done something for us that we could never do ourselves. His death defeated our death. And his resurrection has opened heaven—for all of us.
This is part of the “mysterious, hidden” plan that God has now revealed in Christ. Jesus, the risen and glorified Lord, is our true destiny. He has made us for heaven!
Today is the perfect day to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal this glorious plan to you a little more. Read today’s second reading slowly and prayerfully. Let the words sink into your heart and fill you with hope. You were created for glory!
“Jesus, thank you for revealing your awesome hidden wisdom to me!”
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First Reading — Sirach 15:15-20
What hope for living a righteous life do you see in this passage?
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Responsorial Reading — Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34, 37
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Second Reading — I Corinthians 2:6-10
In what way(s) is God’s wisdom available to us?
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Gospel Reading — Matthew 5:17-34, 37
What do you think Jesus meant by “fulfill” the law and commands of God?
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Explain the difference between the commands Jesus quoted, and the examples he used to explain them.
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What is the difference between obeying the spirit of the Law and obeying the letter of the Law?
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