Today's Gospel (Mk 12,28-34): A teacher of the Law had been
listening to this discussion and admired how Jesus answered them. So
he came up and asked him, «Which commandment is the first of
all?». Jesus answered, «The first is: ‘Hear,
Israel! The Lord, our God, is One Lord; and you shall love the Lord,
your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind
and with all your strength’. And after this comes another one:
‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’. There is no
commandment greater than these two».
The
teacher of the Law said to him, «Well spoken, Master; you are
right when you say that he is one and there is no other. To love him
with all our heart, with all our understanding and with all our
strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves is more important
than any burnt offering or sacrifice». Jesus approved this
answer and said, «You are not far from the kingdom of God».
But after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.
