Friends, the Books of Moses teach that the three types of Israelite law—liturgical law, ritual law, and moral law—shape and direct God’s people toward holiness and purity. While the liturgical laws have been carried over and the ritual laws largely set aside, the moral laws remain unchanged, for they represent those great abiding intuitions by which our lives should be structured.
Mass Readings
- Reading 1 — Ex 22:20-26
- Psalm — Ps 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51
- Reading 2 — 1 Thes 1:5c-10
- Gospel — Mt 22:34-40