RESTORATION OF STRUCTURES OF LIFE
THURSDAY, THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Amos 7:10-17; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 9:1-8 The Decree of the Lord is Perfect The word of God is the source of all natural structures, both physical and nonphysical. By listening, meditating, and doing the word of God, we build our lives and structures with the blueprint of God. Before our encounter with the word of God, the visible reality that came to be through the Eternal Word of God is supposed to inform our minds through the senses. Nature is said to be our first teacher in the divine school of life. Failing to pay attention to nature is a refusal to listen to the divine will revealed in creation. The Church’s emphasis on natural law in matters of family, sexuality, social order, and other social structures is based on this understanding. Because a true understanding of nature and natural ordering presents man as the end of creation, any social, political, scientific, or technological advancement that removes from the dignity of the human p...