The greatest of God’s commandments are to love God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths, and to love our neighbors as God loves them. Everything else boils down to these commandments and so we are called to proclaim and teach them to others. If we fail to do so, then we shall lessen ourselves in the eyes of God. However, if we are willing to sacrifice everything to obey these commandments and teach them through our words and works, then we shall become the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. Of course, in order to effectively teach others how to be obedient to God’s Will, we have to surrender ourselves to Him and be willing to let go of those things, especially our selfishness, that might tempt us to break these commandments. If we can do that, then we shall become living examples of what it means to love God and our neighbor and will build up a treasure of merits in heaven.
Do we love God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths? Do we love others as God loves them? How do our thoughts, words, and works show others how to live out these greatest of commandments?
O Lord, teach us to obey you and give witness to your commandments to love.
Amen.
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