Week of Trinity XVII - Tuesday

<p>THE WEEK OF TRINITY XVII - TUESDAY</p><p>LESSON: MATTHEW 15:1‒9</p><p>Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” Luke 14:3</p><p>The lawyers and Pharisees, of course, did not believe that it was lawful to heal or to do anything else on the Sabbath day. In this Gospel (Luke 14:1‒11), Jesus shows them that all laws, divine or human, bind us only as far as love permits. For Christians, love must always make the final decision in the interpretation of all laws. Where there is no love, all is ov...