Gospel: Mark 12:28-34
The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, He is One and there is no other than he. And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
And when Jesus saw that he answered with
understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And
no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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Reflection:
How do we manifest our love for God?
To love God is to discover more about Him, thus we need to thirst and hunger for Him. We need to always be present at Holy Mass and feel His presence there. We need to read the bible and be faithful to its teachings.
If we would read the first four gospels of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) we would have a better appreciation of the true to life story of Jesus. To love God is to live His teachings as well.
After we have fully expressed our love for God the next commandment will automatically set in (We shall love our neighbor as ourselves). What is this love for our neighbor? Is this a selective kind of love or an encompassing love?
The love for our neighbor should always be
an encompassing love and not a selective love. This means that we have to love
our neighbor whoever that neighbor might be and whatever sin/s that neighbor
has committed against us. Sometimes this is where we are deficient because we
only choose the neighbor that we love. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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