Matthew 22: 34-46 Which commandment in the law is the greatest?

GOSPEL MATTHEW 22:34-46

³⁴When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, ³⁵and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ³⁶“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” ³⁷He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸This is the greatest and first commandment. ³⁹and a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”⁴¹Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: ⁴²“What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” ⁴³He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,⁴⁴  ‘The Lord said to my Lord,“Sit at my right hand,until I put your enemies under your feet”’?⁴⁵If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” ⁴⁶No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.

• Light a candle to remember Christ's presence with you.
• Sit in silence 5 to 15 minutes paying attention to the breath.
• Name the ways that you love God with your heart.
• Name the ways that you love God with your soul.
• Name the ways that you love God with your mind.
• Love the ways you love your neighbor as yourself.
• What do you notice is missing from the love you share?
• Who needs the love you share?
• Give thanks to God for this time celebrate Gods love for you and your love for God.
• Share as you feel led in the reply box below.

Revised Common Lectionary Readings for Sunday, October 23, 2011,  the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Deut 34:1-12

Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17

I Thessalonians: 2:1-8

Matthew 22:34-46

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