Took counsel against him to put him to death

Heb 7,1-3.15-17; Ps 109; Mk 3,1-6
23 JANUARY
Jesus is the wise man, governed by all the wisdom of the Holy Spirit and his intelligence. He is infinitely beyond what is said by Solomon on wisdom.

for Wisdom, the artificer of all, taught me. For in her is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, Manifold, subtle, agile, clear, unstained, certain, Not baneful, loving the good, keen, unhampered, beneficent, kindly, Firm, secure, tranquil, all-powerful, all-seeing, And pervading all spirits, though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle. For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion, and she penetrates and pervades all things by reason of her purity. For she is an aura of the might of God and a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nought that is sullied enters into her. For she is the refulgence of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the power of God, the image of his goodness. And she, who is one, can do all things, and renews everything while herself perduring; And passing into holy souls from age to age, she produces friends of God and prophets. For there is nought God loves, be it not one who dwells with Wisdom. For she is fairer than the sun and surpasses every constellation of the stars. Compared to light, she takes precedence; for that, indeed, night supplants, but wickedness prevails not over Wisdom (Wis 7,22-30).

It is truth. Without the possession of the wisdom that perennially descends from heaven, the truth of the Law of the Lord might never be known. It is the revelation of the wisdom that man needs to keep alive. Not only does Jesus possess wisdom, like a supreme gift of his development and growth, but he is perennially moved by the Holy Spirit, Eternal, Divine, Uncreated Wisdom, that guides and moves every step and every Word of his. Since he is full of wisdom and moved by Eternal Wisdom, he knows what the Father forbids in his Law and what instead is not forbidden. The law is the law of love. Loving always doing good is permissible. There are no days when one can love and days when it is forbidden. Being God Eternal Love, even man, made in the image and likeness of God, must be eternal love, without any interruption. Faced with an event in which it is necessary to love, one cannot retreat, in the name of the Law. Does not Jesus teach in the parable of the Good Samaritan that the priest and the Levite should have interrupted their law, to live the Law of love before an abandoned half dead man by the roadside? Does not the Samaritan interrupt the human law of enmity? Since love is the supreme Law, before true love, true good, every other Law interrupts its course. We dedicate ourselves to the good. Then the observance of the Law is resumed.

Again he entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand. They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath so that they might accuse him. He said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up here before us.” Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” But they remained silent. Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put him to death.

This rule of the interruption of the law to live the Law of love does not apply to all the negative Commandments. The prohibition can never be transgressed, because it is a bad in itself. Transgressing the prohibition is performing an intrinsically bad action. It must never be done. There are no reasons either in heaven or on earth for the transgression of a prohibition. Today Jesus solemnly proclaims that it is possible to save a life. Doing good can is possible. You can love. What is the reaction of the Pharisees before such a public and solemn pronouncement of Jesus? They immediately go out with the Herodians and hold counsel against Jesus to make him die. What is the truth that is hidden in this decision? The Pharisees read, interpreted and imposed their interpretation as God’s will, from the folly and falseness of their hearts. From the foolishness and falseness of their hearts they read and interpret the affirmation of Jesus. But wickedness is always added to falsehood. The decision to make Jesus die is the fruit of an evil heart. Jesus says it: darkness and falsehood fight the light because their works are evil, bad and iniquitous.

Mother of God, Angels and Saints, help us to free our hearts from all falsehood and lie.