Brothers and sisters,
speaking humanly,
no-one cancels or adds to a human will, it having been ratified.
But the promises
have been spoken to Abraham and to his seed.
not spoken to his seeds,
as to many but as to one.
‘And to his seed,’who is Christ.
But I am saying this:
the Jewish Law which came into effect
four hundred and thirty years later
does not cancel
a promise
having been made previously by God,
so as to render the promise ineffective.
For if the inheritance is on the basis of the Jewish Law,
it is no longer on the basis of promise,
But God graciously gives to Abraham through promise.
So why the Law?…
Teach us, good Lord,
to serve thee as thou deservest;
to give and not to count the cost;
to fight and not to heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labour and not to ask for any reward,
save that of knowing that we do thy will,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
St Ignatius