Sundays Readings: Sirach 15:15-20; Psalms 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34; Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17-37 CHOICE“If you choose you can keep the commandments,” Sirach tells us. God “has set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand” (Sirach 15:15, 16). This is a great mystery: God does not control us so com-pletely that we cannot…

Sundays Readings:Isaiah 58:7-10; Psalms 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 5:13-16 GOD’S CALLThe person who has been “saved,” who has “heard the good news of salvation,” still lives in an unsaved world, a world sadly oblivious to the presence of God. Today’s readings outline how the disciple is present in the world.The outline begins with…