Each and every day, we are faced with a continuous challenge. What sort of challenge is it? The challenge to love. It is easy to say we love, but to put what we say into practice is a different thing altogether. It seems easy to love our friends and family members, but would we be able to love others whom we are not close with, or who have been difficult to us, or who are our enemies? Are we able to observe faithfully the law of love, not just in loving God, but also in loving our neigbour? Or have we become selective in our love?
In today's Gospel, the scribe said: "'Well spoken, Master; what you
have said is true: that he is one and there is no other. To love him
with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to
love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more important than any
holocaust or sacrifice." That is what the commandments are all about:
loving God and loving neighbour. We cannot pick and choose, as we are
required to love both God and neighbour completely. If we say that we
love God, and have arguments or problems with our neighbour, then we are
actually not really loving, since loving God and neighbour cannot be
separated. That is why it is not so easy to love,
since love involves both God and neighbour. Are we really willing to love without prejudice?
Or have we been loving only when it is easy, beneficial or convenient to
us?
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