Religious Education 

WEEKEND GOSPEL

GOSPEL       Matthew 22:34-40

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

You shall love the Lord your God and your neighbour as yourself.

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to disconcert him, one of them put a question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the law?’ Jesus said, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: you must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets also.

 A beginning point for discussion of this week's Gospel with children:

• What does Jesus say is the most important commandment?
• What did Jesus say was the second most important commandment?
• How do we show we love God?
• How do we show we love others as much as we love ourselves?
• What would the world be like if we all believed these commandments and put them into practice?