The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law in the temple of the LORD.” (2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3)
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Israel was divided into two kingdoms, north and south, since the time of Solomon. When the northern kingdom fell (722 BC), which was described in Monday’s reading, refugees flooded the southern kingdom, Judah and its capital, Jerusalem. The Book of the Law (the Book of Deuteronomy) was most likely brought by the refugees when they fled. Its “discovery” in the Temple in Jerusalem filled the southern kingdom with hope and renewed faith. Of course, the southern kingdom itself will fall some 136 years later in 586 BC.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Wednesday, Week XII, Ordinary Time
