Today’s Gospel reading revolves around the question: “Which commandment of the Law is the greatest?” (MT 22: 34-40). Another way to put this question is to ask, “What do I need to do to achieve salvation?”
“Love God with your whole mind, your whole heart, and your whole soul, and love your neighbor as yourself,” is more an attitude in life than a list of things to do. “God is present when we love Him and when we love our neighbours.
People are either good or bad about questioning things. We are good if we are truly interested in discovering God’s will. We are bad if we are only interested in picking apart God’s Word. Hopefully, we all want to learn and grow and become more in tune with God in every way. Jesus boiled down God’s commandments for us in life: Love God and love people.
If we get these right, most things will fall into place. But if we get these wrong, most other things will go wrong as well.True love of God and true love of neighbour are two sides of the same coin. We cannot separate them.
“Those who say, ‘I love God,’ and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen” (1 John 4:20).
We ask the Lord to help us to put Him first in our life. So many times we find ourselves putting other things ahead of Him. We make time for the things we want to do, but we find little time to pray. We shall find time to talk to our parishioners/friends/family members.
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