For 31 October 2021, Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time, based on Mark 12:28b–34
One of the scribes asked Jesus, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.†The second is this, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.†There is no other commandment greater than these.’ Then the scribe said to him, ‘You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that “he is one, and besides him there is no otherâ€; and “to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strengthâ€, and “to love one’s neighbour as oneselfâ€,—this is much more important than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.’ When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’ After that no one dared to ask him any question.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Megan McElroy OP
Megan joined the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids in 1988. Having served previously as a pastoral associate in Michigan, a high school theology teacher in Illinois, and as Co-Director of the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate in St. Louis, Missouri, she now serves on her congregation’s leadership team. Megan received her DMin in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in 2017.
31 Oct 2021
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One of the scribes asked Jesus, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.†The second is this, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.†There is no other commandment greater than these.’ Then the scribe said to him, ‘You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that “he is one, and besides him there is no otherâ€; and “to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strengthâ€, and “to love one’s neighbour as oneselfâ€,—this is much more important than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.’ When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’ After that no one dared to ask him any question.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Megan McElroy OP
Megan joined the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids in 1988. Having served previously as a pastoral associate in Michigan, a high school theology teacher in Illinois, and as Co-Director of the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate in St. Louis, Missouri, she now serves on her congregation’s leadership team. Megan received her DMin in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in 2017.