Thursday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time - Matt 5: 20-26
Daily Gospel Exegesis
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🗓️ 11 June 2025
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Matthew 5: 20-26 - 'Anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2054 (in 'The Ten Commandments') - Jesus acknowledged the Ten Commandments, but he also showed the power of the Spirit at work in their letter. He preached a "righteousness [which] exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees" as well as that of the Gentiles.
- 2262 (in 'The Fifth Commandment') - In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord recalls the commandment, "You shall not kill," and adds to it the proscription of anger, hatred, and vengeance.
- 2302 (in 'Peace') - By recalling the commandment, "You shall not kill," our Lord asked for peace of heart and denounced murderous anger and hatred as immoral.
- 678 (in 'To Judge the Living and the Dead') - Following in the steps of the prophets and John the Baptist, Jesus announced the judgement of the Last Day in his preaching. Then will the conduct of each one and the secrets of hearts be brought to light. Then will the culpable unbelief that counted the offer of God's grace as nothing be condemned. Our attitude to our neighbour will disclose acceptance or refusal of grace and divine love.
- 1034 (in 'Hell') - Jesus often speaks of "Gehenna" of "the unquenchable fire" reserved for those who to the end of their lives refuse to believe and be converted, where both soul and body can be lost.
- 2608 (in 'Jesus teaches us how to pray') - From the Sermon on the Mount onwards, Jesus insists on conversion of heart: reconciliation with one's brother before presenting an offering on the altar, love of enemies, and prayer for persecutors, prayer to the Father in secret, not heaping up empty phrases, prayerful forgiveness from the depths of the heart, purity of heart, and seeking the Kingdom before all else. This filial conversion is entirely directed to the Father.
- 2845 (in 'The Seven Petitions') - There is no limit or measure to this essentially divine forgiveness, whether one speaks of "sins" as in Luke (11:4), "debts" as in Matthew (6:12). We are always debtors: "Owe no one anything, except to love one another."
- 1424 (in 'The Sacrament of Reconciliation') - It is called the sacrament of Reconciliation, because it imparts to the sinner the live of God who reconciles: "Be reconciled to God." He who lives by God's merciful love is ready to respond to the Lord's call: "Go; first be reconciled to your brother."
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Gospel Exegesis podcast. As you know, what we do in each day's |
| 0:18.9 | episode is we take a look at the gospel reading from |
| 0:21.2 | today's Mass and we try and help you understand the literal sense of scripture. |
| 0:25.6 | What did it mean in its original context? |
| 0:28.6 | Today's reading is one where taking that approach is really going to be helpful. |
| 0:32.8 | These are words that you've probably heard many times. |
| 0:34.9 | We're going to be looking at a part of the sermon on the mount. But I think it's a part of a part of that sermon where people kind of nod and it sounds very |
| 0:44.4 | inspiring, but they actually struggle to understand what Jesus was meaning with some of the parts here. |
| 0:49.8 | So I think you'll find it useful to dive into the text. Matthew chapter 5 verses 20 to 26. |
| 0:57.2 | Jesus said to his disciples, |
| 0:59.1 | If your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees, |
| 1:03.7 | you will never get into the kingdom of heaven. |
| 1:07.1 | You have learned how it was said to our ancestors, |
| 1:10.1 | you must not kill, and if anyone does kill, |
| 1:13.0 | he must answer for it before the court. |
| 1:16.0 | But I say this to you. |
| 1:18.2 | Anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it before the court. |
| 1:22.3 | If a man calls his brother fool, he will answer for it before the Sanhedron. |
| 1:27.9 | And if a man calls him renegade, he will answer for it in hellfire. |
| 1:33.2 | So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your |
| 1:37.5 | brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar, go and |
| 1:42.7 | be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then |
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