"If the law does not lead to Jesus Christ, if it does not bring us closer to Jesus Christ, it is dead," Pope Francis told a congregation at daily Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae on October 13.

The Pope spoke at length about the Pharisees and the leaders of the community in Jerusalem at the time of Christ. “They were closed within their system,” he said. “They had perfectly systematized the law.” From their perspective, this system of law was perfect and safe, the Pope said.

To these leaders, it seemed that Jesus did “strange things,” the Pontiff continued. They were unable to accept Jesus because they could not fit Him into their system of law.

Pope Francis reminded his listeners that “a path is not absolute in itself” and the purpose of moral law is to draw closer to Christ.

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