For 25 October 2026, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Matthew 22:34-40, sent in from Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’
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 Marianne Watts OP
From Oswego, NY. Educated at College of New Rochelle, Catholic Univ., and BreadLoaf School of English (Middlebury College). Member of Dominican Sisters of Hope. Teacher of English in four states, primarily on high school level. Writer and blogger.
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25 Sun Oct 2026
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When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’
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 Marianne Watts OP
From Oswego, NY. Educated at College of New Rochelle, Catholic Univ., and BreadLoaf School of English (Middlebury College). Member of Dominican Sisters of Hope. Teacher of English in four states, primarily on high school level. Writer and blogger.