Friends, as Americans, we have a very ambiguous relationship to law. On the one hand, we are a nation of independently minded people; we don’t like the law imposing itself on us. At the same time—let’s face it—we are a hyper-litigious society. We see the same ambiguity about law—both its beauty and its shadow side—in our three readings today.
Mass Readings
- Reading I: Dt 4:1-2, 6-8
- Psalm – Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5
- Reading II – Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27
- Gospel — Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23