Wednesday 11 March 2026
Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem – Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20. Matthew 5:17-19.
Bound to a community of believers
Chapter 4, verse 9 in the book of Deuteronomy reminds us: ‘Only be careful and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.’
This is a salutary reminder that we must be active in what we pass on to the next generations, those who come after us, our children’s children. Faith needs to be nurtured and nourished by attention and practice; its stories told, its lessons learned, its covenant relationship between God and humankind revisited with new energy as each age comes into being. We must not forget or let them fade from our hearts.
In passing on the truth of our faith tradition, we are bound to a community of believers who live in the here and now but believe fervently in the heavenly hereafter.
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