Gospel reflection for 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time- 3rd of October 2021
Over the past 20 months or so, we have become accustomed (or not!) to so many rules and regulations as we continue to overcome the COVID 19 pandemic. Only a year ago we were asking ourselves is it ‘permitted’ to go beyond 5km or outside our county? Even now, even in our Churches there are still so many things we can and can’t do…stay 2 metres apart, no choirs, no sign of peace, etc. We are surrounded by laws, rules, regulations, policies, guidelines, codes and more. It can be tiring, frustrating and tedious, for those who have to follow them and for those who have to oversee their application. When I was a student of Canon Law (the legal system of the Catholic Church), I was fascinated by the shortest canon in the Code of Canon Law, canon 1752 which reads : “The salvation of souls is the supreme law.” This canon is the kaleidoscopic lens through which we are called to read all of the other 1751 canons. Ironically it’s the very last canon and not the first! With the Gospel this...