Patterico's Pontifications

11/4/2018

Sunday Music: Bach Cantata BWV 77

Filed under: Bach Cantatas,General,Music — Patterico @ 9:13 am



It is the twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost. The title of today’s Bach cantata is “Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben” (You shall love God, your Lord).

Today’s Gospel reading is Mark 12:28-34:

The Greatest Commandment

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.

The text of today’s piece is available here. It contains these words that echo Jesus’s greatest commandment, almost word for word:

You shall love God, your Lord, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.

Happy listening! Soli Deo gloria.

[Cross-posted at The Jury Talks Back.]


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