In the Gospel today, Jesus responds to the question by the Pharisee who said, “Teacher which commandment is the law is the greatest?” Our Lord said, “You shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” He then said, “The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Most everyone will say, “I love God.” But how much do we really love Him? Do we love Him with all our heart, all our soul and with all our mind? Most agree we fall short of that. But how can we tell, how much we love God?
First of all, we show our love for God, by how well respect Him and worship Him, recalling that He is everything and we are nothing and we fear to offend Him, out of love for Him. We show our love for God by doing His will in our daily life. We show God we love Him, by not offending Him through sin. And finally, one of the best ways to show how much we love God is by how well we love our neighbor. If we love our neighbor as our self, we would treat others the way we would want to be treated. We would see Jesus in everyone, especially within the poor, the handicapped, the elderly and within those we live with.
When we think of love, we think of two different symbols . The first symbol is the heart and especially the Hearts of Jesus of Jesus and Mary. The second symbol is the Cross—because on the Cross, Jesus laid down His life for us and it was on the Cross, His Heart was pierced.
Today let us resolve to love God with all our heart, mind and soul and love our neighbor as our self. And may we turn to the Cross to see love revealed and turn to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary asking them to help us to love.
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