fifteenth sunday in ordinary time
​commentary
​commentary
If Moses offered the Law as the primary means of grasping God's will for human beings, Paul points with great passion to a new kind of law. More than words, it is the Person of Christ Who offers the perfect, full, and final Revelation of the Father. Here in Colossians, we hear a hymn of praise to the sovereignty of the Son of God - the Son Who is written into the very fabric of creation. Even as Paul acclaims His power and authority, we begin to see that this is a different kind of power. It is the power of self gift - of selfless, reconciling, saving love. Submission to this sovereign is not the loss of self and freedom but the discovery of God's original plan for humankind.
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