In our last Prayer Book, the celebration of the Eucharist began most Sundays with what was called the Summary of the Law, with the people kneeling: “Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.[1] These words are found in Mark, in Matthew, and in Luke.
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