Gospel:
Matthew 22:34-40
When the
Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which
commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the
Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend
on these two commandments.
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Reflection:
When can
you say that you truly love God? It’s when you translate your love for God to
love for your neighbor.
The
perfection of our love for God reaches its zenith when we unconditionally love
our neighbor. Thus, we don’t only love those who are lovable to our eyes; we
also love even those who are not. Even those who do nothing but hurt us and
betray our love for them.
Love that
is based on the notion of reciprocal love is not anchored on the love of God.
This is for the reason that the love of God is unconditional. It does not
discriminate and it loves everyone, including those people who keep on hurting
and betraying our love for them.
For
example, if your spouse has been continuously hurting you and has been
betraying your love. You will still continue to love him/her but not anymore
based on romantic love. You will continue to love him/her because you love God
and your love for your wayward spouse is not anymore defined by romanticism.
But already defined according to God’s unconditional love.
Therefore
when a couple separates, it does not mean that there’s no more love. There is
still love but not the romantic kind of love anymore. But love based on a much
higher plane which is based on a person's love for God. And it does not anymore
include romantic love. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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