The new law of our Lord

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Aug 3, 2026 · 6m

On Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a scripture passage from the beginning of the book of the prophet Amos (2:4-16) entitled "The Lord's judgement on Judah and Israel". Our treasure, which follows, is from the beginning of a letter attributed to Barnabas.

Saint Barnabas was one of the earliest and most respected leaders of the Church, a Jewish Levite from the island of Cyprus whose birth name was Joseph. After Paul the Apostle converted to Christ, many Christians were understandably afraid of him because of his former…