Readings & Reflections- Every Sun. 9:15a SHC 31st Sunday of Ord. Time In our Gospel reading today, Jesus encounters a sincere scribe, unlike the other Pharisees, Herodians, and Sadducees, who continually attempted to trick him and destroy his words. Because of his sincerity, Jesus offers great hope to this scribe by telling him that he is not far from the Kingdom of God. We can relate to the sincere scribe and to those who doubted in Jesus. There are times when we have doubted in God’s love for u, and there are times when we have truly trusted in him. We must learn to trust him more than we doubt, so that we are not far from the Kingdom of God. The scribe doesn’t approach Jesus with skepticism, but rather with an open heart. He is sincerely seeking to know Jesus’s identity. This humility and simplicity enables Jesus to reveal himself to this one scribe and draw so near to him that Jesus can tell him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”