First Reading - Dt 6:2-6
Moses spoke to the people,
saying: “Fear the Lord, your
God, and keep, throughout
the days of your lives, all His
statutes and commandments
which I enjoin on you, and
thus have long life. Hear then,
Israel, and be careful to observe them, that you may grow
and prosper the more, in keeping with the promise of the
Lord, the God of your fathers,
to give you a land flowing with
milk and honey.
Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone! Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today.”
Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone! Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today.”
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 18
R –I love you, Lord, my strength!
* I love you, O Lord, my
strength, O Lord, my rock, my
fortress, my deliverer. R.
* My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, the horn of
my salvation, my stronghold!
Praised be the Lord, I exclaim,
and I am safe from my enemies. R.
* The Lord lives! And
blessed be my Rock! Extolled
be God my savior. You who
gave great victories to your
king and showed kindness to
your anointed. R.
Second Reading - Heb 7:23-28
Brothers and sisters:
The
levitical priests were many
because they were prevented
by death from remaining in
office; but Jesus, because he
remains forever, has a priesthood that does not pass away.
Therefore, he is always able to
save those who approach God
through him, since he lives forever to make intercession for
them.
It was fitting that we should
have such a high priest: holy,
innocent, undefiled, separated
from sinners, higher than the
heavens. He has no need, as did
the high priests, to offer sacrifice day after day, first for his
own sins and then for those of
the people. He did that once
for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints men
subject to weakness to be high
priests, but the word of the
oath, which was taken after
the law, appoints a son, who
has been made perfect forever.
Gospel Acclamation
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
Whoever loves me will
keep my word, says the
Lord; and my Father will
love him and we will come
to him.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Mk 12:28b-34
One of the scribes came to
Jesus and asked him: “Which
is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied:
“The first is this: ‘Hear, O
Israel! The Lord our God is
Lord alone! You shall love the
Lord your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, with
all your mind, and with all
your strength.’ The second
is this: ‘You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.’ There
is no other commandment
greater than these.”
The scribe said to him,
“Well said, teacher! You are
right in saying, ‘He is One
and there is no other than
He.’ And ‘to love Him with
all your heart, with all your
understanding, with all your
strength, and to love your
neighbor as yourself’ is worth
more than all burnt offerings
and sacrifices.”
And when Jesus saw that
he answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are
not far from the kingdom of
God.” And no one dared to ask
him any more questions.
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