For the Mass Readings on the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), Dr. Pitre discusses the scene when a scribe, who was the ancient equivalent of a Biblical scholar, approaches Jesus and asks him what the greatest commandment is. Jesus responds by saying there are two that sum up all of the law out of which all of the commandments flow: to Love God with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself.

The first commandment, which is actually a modified version of the Jewish Shema that would be prayed 3 times a day (Jesus actually adds to it, as Dr. Pitre explains), sums up the first three of the ten commandments, which are traditionally found on the 1st tablet of the ten commandments. And, the second, pointed at love of neighbor, is the thread that connects the remaining 7 of the ten commandments traditionally to be found on the 2nd tablet.

This video will also briefly cover the importance of daily prayer, like the Shema, and the impact it has on the way one lives his life when persistent in prayer (and when someone is not).


Notable Quote from this Week's Video:

"Now, once he makes that leap — when he recognizes that it’s the interior movement of the heart and the mind that God ultimately desires and that that’s the most valuable thing — Jesus says something that he says really only to him here … “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” In another words, “You are really close here to the mystery I’ve come to unveil…”, which is about driving the law of God into the human heart, mind and the soul. Not just engaging in those exterior actions — although they are important — but rather making the interior movements of the heart and mind conform to the exterior worship. So, that what is expressed is ultimately what God wants from us, which is our love."

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