In today’s Gospel a lawyer who wants to do his best and
he asks Jesus which commandment is first of all. Jesus answers him with two
commandments, repeating what is in book of Deuteronomy; “love the Lord your
God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind and with all
your strength. The second commandment is; you must
love your neighbour as yourself, (MK 12: 28-34).
The nature of the
Christian life is summed up on these two commandments. All the other
commandments are expansions of these two and clues of how we are to put these
two commandments into daily practice.
Without a love for
God we will never love others. Our love for God must be the ultimate priority.
We cannot love our neighbour without loving God and we cannot genuinely love
God without loving our neighbour. They are the two
sides of the one coin.Our love must be genuine and real, not just an outward show. We must express our gratitude to God by serving him and people of God daily. Let’s live a life of love and ask God to pour out his love into our hearts through his Spirit.
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