Daughters of St Paul | Daily Gospel Reflections

Gospel Mt 22:34-40  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."   Learning to love your family... Listen to it here.... 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; lov