Lectio Divina: For the 30th Week In Ordinary Time

Please read slowly and reflectively.

Slowly count to five at the end of each line.

A READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (FIRST READER ONLY)

A SCHOLAR OF THE LAW TESTED JESUS BY ASKING,/

"TEACHER, WHICH COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW IS THE GREATEST?"/

JESUS REPLIED, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART/

WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,/

AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND./

THIS IS THE GREATEST AND THE FIRST COMMANDMENT./

THE SECOND IS LIKE IT./

YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF./

THE WHOLE LAW AND THE PROPHETS/

DEPEND ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS."/