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:
Can you
measure the length and width of true love?
The
length and width of true love is something that we cannot measure no matter how
hard we try to measure it. We will be willing to give everything for the sake
of this true love and this is what our love for God should be.
If we
love God we would be willing to do everything for Him including to give our
life for the advancement of His kingdom here in this world. If we love God we
would be willing to forgive those who have hurt us no matter how deep the would
it inflicted upon us.
The
martyrs and saints of the church best exemplify this greatest commandment of love
and forgiveness. They lived it to the hilt that they willingly gave their lives
for the sake of their great love for God.
We often
times say that we love God but when we are confronted with difficult situations
such as giving something very important out of ourselves. We capitulate thus we
betray our self- serving profession of love for God. Same with when we are
challenged to forgive those who’ve hurt us.
True love
for God is the willingness to give our time, our treasures and even our life
for the advancement of God’s kingdom. True love for our neighbor/s is our
readiness to forgive somebody even if she/he does not ask for our forgiveness.
- Marino J. Dasmarinas
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