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 offense/s that our
neighbor has committed against us.
Sometimes, this is where we are deficient because we
only choose the neighbor that we love. Hence, we obviously choose the neighbor
who gives us love, and those who don’t give us love, we also don’t love them.
But this has to change so we would also love this neighbor who doesn’t love us.
– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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