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106. The New Law

1. The New Law is the law of the New Testament. In essence, itis the law of grace given through faith in Christ. In a secondaryway, the New Law is a written law prescribing directives for thereceiving and using of grace.

2. The New Law as grace, justifies; that is, ittakes away sin from a man's soul. The New Law asteaching or as doctrine, does not justify; itshows the way to justification.

3. It was notably fitting that the New Law came when itdid, not earlier. The promise of the New Law was, indeed, givenimmediately after Adam's sin. But the fulfillment of thepromise was rightly deferred for a long time, and this for tworeasons: first, that man might properly prepare himself for itswondrous benefits; second, that man might have a thoroughrealization of his own inadequacy, his weakness, his need ofredemption and grace.

4. The New Law is, by its nature, the proximatepreparation for heaven. It is not a promise or prophecy of somemore perfect state to be attained in this world. The New Law is afulfillment; nothing further, nothing more perfect, can beconceived for this present life. Therefore, the New Law will notgive way to another Law, but will last to the end of the world.

"Lord, here burn, here cut, and dry up in me all that hinders me from going to You, that You may spare me in eternity."
St Louis Bertrand

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"The Lord has always revealed to mortals the treasures of his wisdom and his spirit, but now that the face of evil bares itself more and more, so does the Lord bare his treasures more."
St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church

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"When the devil has failed in making a man fall, he puts forward all his energies to create distrust between the penitent and the confessor, and so by little and little he gains his end at last."
St Philip Neri

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