November 3 - Sunday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Dt.6:2-6; Ps.18:2-4,47,51; Heb.7:23-28; Mk.12:28-34) "You are not far from the kingdom of God." If you "fear the Lord, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all His statutes and commandments," you will have "long life"; the Lord will "give you a land flowing with milk and honey." The promise spoken by Moses to the people stands true, and truer, today. If we "take to heart these words which [both Moses and Jesus] enjoin on [us] today," the kingdom shall indeed be not far from us. For these words are life-giving, they are the heart of the law, the heart of God's love, and so…
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