Today consider these words of Jesus:

Do not think I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.  Mt 5:19

To give these wrods the opportunity to unfold in our minds and hearts we have to remember again that the man speaking these words is not a preacher passing through a specific period in world history.  We must recall that Jesus is the Messiah.  We know Jesus is the anointed of God.

His words speak to us of his mission.  He could not be clearer, could he?  So, as we pray our way through Lent, should we not consdier the implications for us, theose who seek to be loyal follower?  The day we were baptized and then each year during the Easter season we pledged to accept a role in his mission.  We are meant to follow in his footsteps.  Do you believe we have been called to speak as Jesus spoke?  So, all of us who raise the banner of Chrfistianity are oppting for a shore in the Jesus mission.

From the days of his Bethlehem birth, Jesus' mission has been to bring to humankind the will of the Father.  Does each person who claims Christian identity honestly accept that mission?  We cannot forget that the prophets message was and is the challenge to avoid sin and each day to be open to God's grace-filled moments.