Why Jesus doesn’t give a straightforward answer to questions about the greatest commandment. A scribe came to Jesus and asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” (Mark 12:28). It ...

It is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time and our gospel reading comes from Matt.22:34-40 regarding the greatest commandment. “34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together ...

Instead, he reframed the entire question, offering two coequal expectations: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest ...

Did you know there are over 1000 “commandments” in the New Testament? That is almost twice as many as the religious Jews identified from their Torah (first five books of the Old Testament – 613 of ...

Had Gov. Jeff Landry been in church with me on a recent Sunday, he would have heard the message, Ten Commandments versus two commandments. Since he wasn’t, I’ll recap. In Matthew 22:37-40, Jesus ...

What is the second greatest command? If you’re a believer, a student of Scripture, it’s possible that you said something like “Love your neighbor as yourself.” If you did, you’d be right - almost.

It’s a new year, and with that comes the long-time tradition of making a list of resolutions and the relatively new advent of choosing a word of the year. Everyone’s resolutions and words are ...

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and ...

This Sunday’s readings—from Deuteronomy and Mark—repeat the Shema Yisrael. That proclamation—“Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our Lord, the Lord alone!”—is what every devout Jew declares every day. The ...

Today’s Gospel reading is one of my favorite scripture readings as it teaches us something very fundamental about our Christian faith… and you could not read a clearer teaching than this on the ...