Homily for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 3, 2024
Casa Santa Maria
Rome, Italy
Deuteronomy 6:2-6
Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51
Hebrews 7:23-28
Mark 12:28b-34
The readings of today’s liturgy invite us to ruminate on the significance of repetition in the spiritual life and ministry of priests in leading Christ’s flock as shepherds after His own heart. The first reading from Deuteronomy commands Israel to repeat the words of the Shema every day. Jesus Himself repeats the words of Deuteronomy in answering the Scribe’s theological question, while the Letter to the Hebrews speaks of the unrepeatable character of Christ’s eternal sacrifice.
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