A new covenant

Fr. Carlo Broccardo

The content of God’s Law does not change, but the place where it is written does. It is no longer engraved on the stone, now the law is written in the heart of the man who always needs to be healed «The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah». This is the beginning of this passage from Jeremiah that we take into consideration during this Lenten season, which began on 6 March with Ash Wednesday. It is a solemn affirmation of God, who promises: I will make a new covenant. The whole Bible speaks of God’s covenant, that is, the fact that the Lord is God-with-us: not a distant God, but a Lord who is near, who walks with us. We are talking about a covenant since Noah’s time, when – after the flood – the Lord promised: «See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you...» (Gen 9:9-10).

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