Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious
Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Matthew 22:34-40
“The second resembles it”. The first commandment is to 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 resembles the first. The second is the “You must love you neighbour as yourself”. This second resembles the first. Loving the neighbour resembles the loving the Lord. This is very important to remember that the second commandment resembles the first. So, if we are not following the second, we are not following the first. Because the second resembles the first. The first commandment cannot be followed if we are not following the second because the second resembles the first. This inter-relatedness between the commandment to love God our Lord and to love our neighbour as ourselves is so intrinsic that the two commandments go hand in hand always. Let’s reflect: Do I recognize when I separate the commandment to love God and to love our neighbour?
Friday 21 June
