The First Commandment
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday In The Ninth Week Of Ordinary Time Mark 12: 28b-34 “…love your neighbour as yourself.” Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your strength, Jesus’ opponents seem to have prepared a question bank to test Jesus, since the tricky […]
The First Commandment
Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Third Week Of Lent Mark 12: 28-34 We see many debates and discussions on very important topics across different fields on TV channels, seminars etc. The thirst for knowledge and understanding drives a person to go deeper, learn more and unearth the true or rather […]
The First Commandment
Reflection on the Gospel of the Thirty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time Mark 12:28b-34 The heart of the matter is Love of God. Love isn’t self centered. It is a relationship of self-giving and accepting love in return. The state of your heart is a reflection of your relationship with God and neighbour through God. Nobody […]
The First Commandment
Mark 12:28b-34 As an act of faith Israelites prayed the Shema prayer twice a day, they knew the Law inside out and were good in practices of rituals. Jesus blends his Response to the question asked on the first commandants, He combines the traditional Shema prayer, Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, […]
The First Commandment
Mark 12:28b-34 The background of today’s gospel is a debate on which was the greatest commandment among the myriad of Levitical laws. Jesus beautifully summarizes the ten commandments in two Love commandments i.e selfless, unconditional Love of God and Love of neighbour… and on these depend all the law and the prophets. These are more […]