Well, here we are; we have already arrived at the third Sunday of Lent. Today we will be talking about the grace of God, which He has given to us without cost. Not only is His grace completely free, it is always more than enough for us. What the world offers us is never free but God’s grace is always free. God’s grace leads us to victory; the more of the world always leads us away from Him. Grace can be defined as God’s presence in the world and in our lives but it is more than that; He is not only present in our lives, as St. Paul says, He is “for us,” He favors us, at all times no matter what we do or don’t do, no matter what we say or don’t say; but His grace is more than that. God’s grace is powerful. Not only is God always with us, not only is He for us, but He favors us. St. Paul says, “If God is for us, who can be against?” There is no adversary that we will ever have that can ever stand against the power of God’s grace. God’s grace is victorious. Always. And it is a totally free gift. Today we hear of another totally free gift of God; the gift of his Ten Commandments; His Ten Commandments. To truly understand the Ten Commandments we need to look at them from the standpoint of His grace. They are free, they are for us, they are not burdensome and they lead us to victory. They favor us. They are given to us in the same way that a Father gives parameters and guidelines to His children. They are given out of abundant love. They are not a set of conditions. They are not a scoreboard. They are not arbitrary. They do not condemn. They are a path to life. They are keys to God’s abundant grace which is the more that we have been looking for. Everything God gives to us, He gives to us from His love, which is all He is. He gives the commandments to the Israelites after He rescued them from slavery as a means of showing them how to live in freedom. As we make ourselves more and more receptive to the grace of God, He bestows more and more gifts upon us. That’s how we should see the commandments. They are, like the grace of God, for us, and they are a pathway to His grace, which is always more, so much, much more than enough for us.