From Catholic Charities USA ... "Lent Daily Reflection" for March 17

Friday of the Third Week of Lent

Readings of the Day

When the scribe asks Jesus, “which is the first of all the commandments?” he poses a real challenge: there are 613 commandments in the Torah, and he asks Jesus to pick just one. But Jesus knows that the commandment to love God is primary, so his response satisfies the scribe. Then he adds that they must love their neighbors as themselves. Again, in the scribe’s eyes, he got it right.

But Jesus’ response to the scribe can be puzzling ...

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