{"id":16765,"date":"2012-11-01T18:57:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T00:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=16765"},"modified":"2012-11-01T21:00:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T03:00:40","slug":"hear-o-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/01\/hear-o-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear, O Israel!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Sunday\u2019s first reading in the Roman Catholic Lectionary (and one of the two choices for the Revised Common Lectionary) is from Deuteronomy, which not many Christians would probably name as their favorite book of the Bible. Deuteronomy 6:4-6, however, is the first part of the Shema Yisra’el,<\/em> the text that has formed the centerpiece of Jewish daily prayer in the evening and morning from the time of Jesus until today. The first commandment he gives in this week\u2019s gospel, therefore, was as familiar and everyday and fundamental to his audience as the Lord\u2019s Prayer is for Christians today. We should cherish this prayer and this moment in the Gospel in which Jesus, the scribe, and those around them begin from the most ordinary prayer they know, come close to the heart of faith in God, and fall into a reverent silence.<\/p>\n

Readings for this Sunday are available from the USCCB website<\/a> and an introduction to the Shema<\/em> is available from Judaism 101<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deuteronomy 6:4-6 is the first part of the Shema Yisra’el, the text that has formed the centerpiece of Jewish daily prayer in the evening and morning from the time of Jesus until today. 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