Leviticus 19:15-19; 20:9-14 15 “You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 16 You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of […]

The Law - From the Memorial of All Martyrs & Confessors, or the Patron Saint Daniel 3:2-22 (3:25-45 in the Pshitta) 2 Then Azariah stood and offered this prayer; in the midst of the fire he opened his mouth and said: 3 “Blessed are you, O Lord, God of our fathers, and worthy of praise; and your name […]

Ritual and Moral Holiness 19 And the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord […]