All laws should lead us to Christ

That's what we can conclude if we are to follow what Christ himself said: "Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets, I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

- Fr. Roy Cimagala

For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled." (Mt 5,17-18) While it's true that we make and follow laws for the immediate purpose of keeping some peace and order in our society, or for the purpose of practicality, efficiency, etc., we should always keep in mind that all our laws should lead us to Christ always and especially in the end.

But given the fact that the letter of the law cannot fully capture the spirit that it should have, we should realize that our laws need to have that dynamic process of refining, polishing, and enriching.

They should never be considered as static, or irreformable, unenrichable.

A lot of discernment is needed here. Prudence requires it. And the common good, which in the end is God and which the law should always serve, can often present competing interests that need to be resolved as fairly as possible.