A Penitent Blogger

Mindful of my imperfections, seeking to know Truth more deeply and to live Love more fully.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cum vix iustus sit securus?
Recordare, Iesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae: Ne me perdas illa die...

Friday, July 22, 2005

God delivered all these commandments

"I, the LORD, am your God
who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
that place of slavery.

"You shall not have other gods besides me.

"You shall not carve idols for yourselves
in the shape of anything in the sky above
or on the earth below
or in the waters beneath the earth;
you shall not bow down before them
or worship them.

"For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God,
inflicting punishment
for their fathers' wickedness
on the children of those who hate me,
down to the third and fourth generation;
but bestowing mercy
down to the thousandth generation
on the children of those who love me
and keep my commandments.

"You shall not
take the name of the LORD, your God, in vain.
For the LORD will not leave unpunished
him who takes his name in vain.

"Remember to keep holy the sabbath day.
Six days you may labor and do all your work,
but the seventh day
is the sabbath of the LORD, your God.
No work may be done then either by you,
or your son or daughter,
or your male or female slave, or your beast,
or by the alien who lives with you.
In six days
the LORD made the heavens and the earth,
the sea and all that is in them;
but on the seventh day
he rested.
That is why the LORD has blessed the sabbath day
and made it holy.

"Honor your father and your mother,
that you may have a long life in the land
which the LORD, your God, is giving you.

"You shall not kill.

"You shall not commit adultery.

"You shall not steal.

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
nor his male or female slave, nor his ox or ass,
nor anything else that belongs to him."
Exodus 20:1-17