Sunday 31st October 2021 – XXXI of Ordinary Time

From the Gospel according to Mark (12, 28 – 34)

At that time, one of the scribes approached Jesus and asked him: “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied: “The first is: ‘Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord; you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength ”. The second is this: “You will love your neighbor as yourself”. There is no other commandment greater than these “.
The scribe said to him: “You have said well, Master, and according to truth, that He is unique and there is no other than him; loving him with all your heart, with all intelligence and with all your strength and loving your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices “.
Seeing that he had answered wisely, Jesus said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one had the courage to question him anymore.

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