The Greatest Commandment: 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time (B), November 3, 2024

Let us consider the Scribe who asks Jesus which of the commandments is the most important. Jesus answer seems to astound the man: "The greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, all your sould, all your mind, and all your strength...and the second: love your neighbor as yourself."  The Scribe finds these to be the perfect response to his question and says so. Jesus commends his understanding of this great mystery and says to him that he is not far from the Kingdom of God. What moved the man to ask this question in the first place? We can only conjecture, but the end result is a commendation to all of us to consider the quality of our own love of God and love of neighbor. 

Homily shared with the Saint Francis Catholic Community in Cuenca, Ecuador.