"The new Shema"--31st Sunday OT(b) {Mark 12:28-34}

We hear the Shema in the first reading and the Gospel today from Jesus.  The Shema was spoken by the Jewish people daily, it was: Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one. And as for you, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. Jesus is actually giving us a New Shema today!