Sunday between 23 and 29 October
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
First Reading - Leviticus 19.2b, 15-18
A reading from the book of Leviticus.
You shall be holy,
for I am holy,
says the Lord your God.
You shall ensure justice
for your neighbour,
without regard
to status
or wealth.
You shall not speak falsehood
against your neighbour.
You shall not profit
from endangering
the life
of your neighbour.
You shall not hold hatred
in your heart
against your neighbour.
You shall challenge
your neighbour’s wrong-doing,
for if you fail to do so,
you bear the guilt
of that wrong-doing
yourself.
You shall not
take revenge,
or bear a grudge,
against any of your people.
And you shall love your neighbour
as yourself.
This is the word of the Lord.
Second Reading - 1 Thessalonians 2.1,7b,12-13
A reading from the first letter of Paul
to the Thessalonians.
You yourselves know,
my brothers and sisters,
that the time we spent with you
was not in vain.
We were gentle amongst you,
like a mother
with her own children.
We urged
and encouraged you
to lead lives
that are honouring to God, who has
called you
into the glory
of God’s kingdom.
And now, we constantly
give thanks to God
that when you received
the word of God
from us,
you welcomed it
not as a human word,
but as God’s word,
which indeed it is.
And we give thanks
that God’s word
is now powerfully
at work
amongst you.
This is the word of the Lord.
Gospel - Matthew 22.35-40
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew.
One of the Pharisees,
an expert in the law,
asked Jesus this question:
‘Teacher,
which commandment
in the law
is the greatest?’
Jesus said,
‘The first and greatest commandment is this:
“You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart,
and with all your soul,
and with all your mind.”
And the second is like it:
“You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”
On these two commandments
hang all
the law
and the prophets.’
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
