We could be mistaken and think Jesus is setting up a competitive process to get his followers to compete with their Jewish brothers and sisters to fulfill the Law and become “better” believers by achieving more by their own righteous actions. That’s not what Jesus is saying at all. What he is saying is that through the action of Jesus in our lives we can move beyond appearing to be virtuous and actually excellent in goodness because we are empowered to follow the “higher road” of self-sacrifice proposed by Jesus to his followers through his action in and through ur lives by his grace.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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