Sunday, October 25, 2020

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Love of Neighbor (A) 148
Key Passage
[Jesus] said to him " 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Matthew 22:37–39)
Questions
Adults: In a practical sense, what is one thing that would change in your life if you loved your neighbor as yourself?
Children: Why is it hard sometimes to love your neighbor?

Readings

First Reading • Social Laws
Exodus 22:20-26 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Psalm
Psalms 18:2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Second Reading • A Model for Believers
1 Thessalonians 1:5c-10 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
Gospel • The Greatest Commandment
Matthew 22:34-40 (NRSVCE | GNT | MSG | NLT | NRSVACE)
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