GOD IS LOVE. LOVE HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR TOO.
LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
THE GOSPEL:
"One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
"Jesus replied: “The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
"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." (Mark 12: 28 - 34).
Friday 28th March 2025 in the 3rd Week in Lent.
In the Gospel of today from Mark 12, Jesus teaches us the greatest commandment: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
To love the Father with all my heart, mind, soul and all my strength is to embrace God's mighty, merciful and mysterious Providence in everything. This is to accept God's total governance of the world.
This is what St John of God believed and lived after his conversion at the age of 40. St John of God writes:
"We owe God three things: love, service, and reverence. Love: as our heavenly Father we should love him above all the things of the world..... And above all, always have charity, for this is the mother of all the virtues."
Love of God and love of neighbor are the twin pillars of the spiritual life. St Joseph who we honor in March excel in both.
St Joseph is the man chosen by God to be the foster father and guardian of Jesus.
Joseph is a man of high purity and chastity. God chose him to be the husband of Mary because God had fitted him with the appropriate graces to protect the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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