Jesus tells us to Love your Lord God with all Your Heart, Soul and Mind . . . and Love Your Neighbor. What Does That Really Mean for Us?
Fr. Felix Phiri, SMM
Jesus tells us to Love your Lord God with all Your Heart, Soul and Mind . . . and Love Your Neighbor. What Does That Really Mean for Us?
As you may know, many of the Shrine’s Masses are outdoors.
After a bit of humor, the priest tells a story when he was based in Rome, he would hear a priest at a parish near his lodging always sing a Latin verse. It translates into English: I Believe In One God!
When asks why he sings this verse at each Mass, the answer was the entire bible, and all of scripture stands upon this foundation. It is the foundation of faith. I Believe In One God!
God Alone
In today’s first reading, Moses speaks to Israel. Moses says: Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! These words were kept on the wrists of people of Israel to remind them of God Alone. No kingdom, no king is God. No man is God. This was part of Moses command to Israel. It is also the foundation of Christian Faith. However, humans create there own “gods”. Hear more in the Gospel.
Moses tells Israel do not place anything else before God. Love your Lord God with all your heart. Then Gospel tells us something similar
What does that really mean? Listen to this Meditation Media. Listen to:
Jesus tells us to Love your Lord God with all Your Heart, Soul and Mind . . . and Love Your Neighbor. What Does That Really Mean for Us?
Jesus Christ: German Artist and Painter: Heinrich Hoffman: 1894
Oil painting currently resides in The Riverside Church, New York City.
Return to Meditation for the Week
Gospel Reading: Mark: 12: 28-34
First Reading: DT 6: 2-6
Second Reading: HEB 7: 23-28
Jesus tells us to Love your Lord God with all Your Heart, Soul and Mind . . . and Love Your Neighbor. What Does That Really Mean for Us?