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The 10 Commandments by St Cecilia Church in Omaha, Nebraska. |
This Sunday we
reflect on the 10 commandments God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. I still
remember one spectacular scene from one of my favorite films, ‘The Ten Commandments’ which
was issued in 1955 with Charlton Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as the Pharoah
Rameses. It’s one of those immortal movies with some spectacular scenes
which we tend to appreciate even more today because they were done without any
digital technology we have today. One of the most fascinating scenes is when
God is giving the 10 commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai, with those flames of
fire one after the other zipping through the air and arriving on the tablets,
with sparks flying and writing in Hebrew the commandments. We all know what
happened afterward as Moses was disappointed when the people, impatient in
waiting, built a golden calf and started to adore him. In the USA, various states have erected monuments with the 10 Commandments, which brought some opposition, but eventually many of them were saved and are still standing. Most of these are set up in front of law courts close to the state Capitol. Others were erected next to churches, Catholics and Protestants, as well as Jewish synagogues.
Someone once said that we
humans have invented thousands of rules and regulations, but no one has been
able to improve on the richness and the value of the 10 commandments. With the two
new commandments given to us by Jesus, these are the benchmarks by which to
monitor our spiritual lives. Let us always remember that they are not
suggestions, but orders, commands, which we have to follow, as faithful
followers of our Lord.
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