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:
A wife discovered that
her husband had a second family. The very angry wife left her husband however
the husband humbly begged for forgiveness and second chance. After deeply
pondering about it she eventually forgave her repentant husband.
When she was asked
by her mother why she forgave and restored everything as if nothing happened. She said: “I deeply love God and I would be betraying my love for God if I will
not forgive and heal my marriage.
Conflict is
something that happens in marriage every now and then. This conflict usually
emanates from the following: Betrayal of trust, behavioral incompatibility and
financial disagreements among others. Every married couple goes through these episode a
couple of times in their married lives.
But how come that notwithstanding
the conflict there are couples who choose to forgive and remain married
until the end of their lives? The simple answer is both of them love the Lord
God first. And this love for God is the driving force that makes them forgiving
and loving.
Their love for each
other is always preceded by the blessing of their love for God. This is the reason
why married couples who truly loved God first can forgive, forget and have long
term healing. They can start afresh once again as if nothing happened.
So the greatest
commandment is to love God first and after that everything else would follow.
We would be capable of loving anyone else even those who’ve deeply hurt us
because we first loved God.
If you don’t forgive
and if you continue to harbor hidden sentiments against your spouse or anyone
for that matter. And you still say that you love God it’s safe to say that your
profession of love for God is superficial.
Therefore, the
challenge that confronts you is to think deeply if your love for God is really
authentic. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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