29 October, 2023 | Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel Mt 22:34-40
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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."
Reflections:
Jesus is gently telling the Pharisees, that every detail of their lives depended on love.
Love draws our souls willingly to God. God our Father demonstrated love by sending his only Son to
bring us forgiveness, and reconciliation. We experience that love when we unite our will to that of God. Love of God means that we worship him only, not our families, jobs, or possessions; loving
our neighbors means that we are patient, kind and bear all things. To understand this, we must first ask
God to teach us what his love is, to teach us what these injunctions mean in our lives. Only if our love is
rooted in the love of God will it bear fruit for the salvation of others. We love God when we choose his
will and obey it.
Activity:
Let us open ourselves to be loving to our neighbor --freely, generously and without reservation.
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