Breakfast with the Word: Friday of the 3rd Week of Lent
Mark 12:28–34
In the Gospel, a scribe asks Jesus which commandment is the greatest. Jesus answers that the first is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and the second is to love our neighbour as ourselves. These two commandments summarize all the laws.
True love means being willing to sacrifice for the good of others, just as Jesus taught when He said that the greatest love is to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. Love is not selfish or sinful; its purpose is to protect, save, and promote life. When we truly love God, we are ready to give up anything that may harm our relationship with Him.
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Love should therefore be the driving force of everything we do—our prayer life, our relationship with God, and our relationship with others. When love guides our actions, selfishness, jealousy, and hatred disappear, and peace and progress grow in families, communities, and society.
As St. Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians 13, love is patient, kind, not proud, not self-seeking, and it rejoices in the truth. It always protects, trusts, hopes, and perseveres.
Jesus calls us to love God with our whole being. Loving God with “all” means giving Him everything without reservation and allowing that love to shape how we treat others. As Scripture reminds us, we cannot claim to love God while hating our neighbour.
Therefore, in everything we do, in everything we say, in everything we think, even the things we intend to do must be for God. All for God and nothing else. Let this be the driving force.
May Jesus through His death and resurrection save us from any calamity and whatever that keeps us away from Him. God bless your day. Amen.
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