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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>"<span style='color:black'>The greatest commandment</span>" is a sermon for October 2<span style='color:#1F497D'>9</span>, 2017, Proper 25A, the first one at <span style='color:black'><a href="http://sjnj.com/media_view.php">http://sjnj.com/media_view.php</a> and is based on Matthew 22:</span>34-46. <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Jesus says the great commandment is both loving God and our neighbor. So if we do not love our neighbor as ourselves, how can we say we love God? Jesus also poses the riddle of how can King David call the Messiah both his son and his Lord. Who really is our Lord?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white'>Peace and blessings,</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white'>Joe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white'>(Preaching at the Episcopal Church of the </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>Divine Love, Montrose<span style='color:black'>, New York)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>