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 we say that we truly love God? It’s when we translate our love
for God to love for our 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.
How do you love? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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