Bishop Barron notes that Protestant theologian N.T. Wright has pointed out that the Old Testament is essentially an unfinished symphony, a drama without a climax. It is the articulation of a hope, a dream, a longing—but without a realization of that hope, without the satisfaction of that longing. Israel knew itself to be the people with the definite mission to become holy and thereby render the world holy. But instead, Israel fell into greater and greater sins, and instead of being the catalyst for the conversion of the world, the world was continually overwhelming and enslaving Israel. In the law God gave to Moses for the children of Israel, God sought to provide a roadmap for their happiness in the Ten Commandments. Yet his chosen people still strayed from him and his desires for them. We can imagine that at some point, God said, “I’m going down there and personally show them how much I love them. Surely if I do that, they will understand and follow my desires for them.” So God sent his Son, Jesus, to show us what his law was really intended to create for humanity through the lived life of his Son. Jesus was the fulfillment of the entire spirit and intention of the mosaic law and all the prophets. When someone asked Jesus, “Which commandment in the Law is the greatest?” Jesus replies: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the prophets.” The Old Testament law must be interpreted in light of this twofold yet single commandment of love, which is the fullness of the Law: “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this sentence: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is fulfilling the law. Jesus’ life was the preeminent example of this love – a love we are asked to emulate.