Homily for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Moses is Lawgiver
- Through whom the Mosaic Law was revealed
  - Commandments of God for the Israelite/Jewish people
- Moses said the Law “is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out.”
We learn what is right or wrong from the Law of God written on our hearts
- Law is the desire for unity with God and follow His commands
  - Natural Law
- Children have a sense of right or wrong
  - Don’t always follow it
- Even those who don’t believe in God know this law
Good Samaritan is the example of living according to God’s Law
- Knew that the right thing was to help
- Priest, Levite possibly wanted to maintain ritual purity
  - Contact with blood required ritual cleansing before performing religious rites
  - May have had other good reasons similar to our own
    - In a hurry
    - Didn’t know what to do
- Good Samaritan may or may not known Mosaic Law
  - Followed the law in his heart to love one another
Christ teaches us His law through His body, the Church
- Sin has corrupted our ability to listen and understand this law
- Office of the Magisterium
  - Pope
  - Bishops in union with him
  - NOT individual priests, theologians
- Gives us the tools to understand and follow God’s Law
  - CCC
  - Documents and letters of Pope, bishops
  - Preaching and exhortation of Pope, bishops, priests in union

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