Gospel of the day – 23rd August

Matthew 22, 34-40

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees they got together  and, to put him to the test, one of them put a further question,  ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’  Jesus said to him, ‘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 too.’

The Saint of the day: St Rose of Lima