Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40
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 we
measure the length and breadth of true love?
The length and breadth of true love is something that
we cannot measure no matter how meticulously 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 must be.
If we love God we would be willing to do everything
for Him including giving 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 wound it inflicted upon us. And if we truly love God
we would be willing to give up whatever form of sinfulness that we have no
matter the gratification that we derive from it.
The martyrs and saints of the church best exemplify
this greatest commandment of love. They lived it to the hilt that they
willingly gave their very 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 up something very important
out of ourselves. We capitulate thus we betray our self- serving profession of
love for God. The same 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. And true love for God is our willingness to walk away
from anything that makes us sin.
Do you really love God? - Marino J.
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