NOTES for Heb 10:4-10
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. |
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: |
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. |
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. |
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; |
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. |
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. |
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In the Letter to the Hebrews Paul touches on a theme important for all of us. He exposes the boundary between following some rite or other and living faith, the doing of the Father's will.
One can object to this understanding of the matter by saying that behind a rite there almost always stands the faith of previous generations, the Church, and therefore the Lord Himself. In many cases this is so, though not always. But the point is that a rite can screen God from us. As a result, sadly, one can stop perceiving Him as a Person and see only a set of prescriptions, restrictions, and actions required of oneself.
But Paul, quoting Christ's words, emphasizes the doing of the heavenly Father's will, and for this living communion with Him Himself is necessary, in prayer and in reading His Word. And already through this the Lord, by the Holy Spirit, gives us the right perception and the fullness of participation in the rite of the Church.
Readings for 8 October 2025
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