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speers17Just yesterday, this touching story made the news: “Vatican City, Jun 8, 2019 / 11:01 a.m. (CNA) — Pope Francis said Saturday, he wants people to recognize the Church as their home and a place where they are always welcome. ‘How I wish,’ he said June 8, that people would recognize the Church ‘for this more than mercy, for this more than humanity and tenderness, of which there is so much need!’ That ‘you would feel at home, the ‘maternal home’ where you are always welcome and where you can always come back,’ he said.”

michalowskiIn Matthew 5:17 and 19-20, Jesus says, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill…Whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven. I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” What law is Jesus referring to?