March 28, 2025 – Friday of the 3rd Week of Lent
Osée 14, 2-10 ; Marc 12, 28b-34
H O M I L Y
Let us listen carefully to Jesus' words when he is asked what is the first of all the commandments. He answers : "This is the first: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! " What Jesus is saying is that the first and the greatest of all the commandments is to "hear", to "listen" to the Lord. This is also the first word of the Rule of Saint Benedict : "Listen…"