Commentary on the Gospel of
Keener Sense
What does a “keener sense of right and wrong” look like? I guess it looks like a sense of right and wrong that goes beyond right and wrong, our human sense of justice. For, human justice informs me that if my brother holds grudge against me, he is the one who should come to me for reconciliation. Human sense of fairness wants to build walls to prevent entry of migrants. The same sense tells me that only those who work should eat; and one who killed my brother be executed by the State. Fair enough! But the keener sense that Jesus wants his followers to have is not fair; it goes beyond fair: it demands that I go to my offending brother and initiate reconciliation; that I break down walls that separate peoples; that I feed those who do not and perhaps cannot work; that I forgive my brother’s murderer. Fair sense creates just people; keener sense creates saints.
