1st Reading Deut 6:2-6 First commandment, ‘Love God’.
2nd Reading Heb 7: 23-28 The perfection of Heavenly high priest.
Gospel Mk 12:28 b -34 Greatest commandment of all to love God and love neighbor.
The Old Testament gave great importance to keeping the law of the Lord.
The first was to love God with one whole heart.
The earliest rule for the chosen race was to keep the law given by God.
There was no exception.
They even wrote it on their forehead.
It was so important that no one could add or subtract any iota from its meaning.
Today when we read this in the first reading we are reminded of the significance of this in our lives.
We know Jesus our redeemer came in to our lives only to reveal the splendor of this God who loves us personally.
All through his public ministry Jesus attempted to reveal the goodness of the Father to his listeners.
There are various rules that keep on repeating.
As day and night happen without our knowing.
This law of nature happens without failure.
We take it for granted.
If this does not happen we feel something strange has happened.
We see that rules in our lives are able to make our life more regular.
We see that Jesus came to give us this as a revelation.
He saw that his listeners understood all the rules of life.
He even told them that he came to bring to fulfillment the law of God.
He was the fulfillment of the law he said.
In him all the laws came to fruition.
Asking questions and getting an answer had been the way the Pharisees and the Saducees went about.
Today they want to test him and ask which is the greatest of the commandments.
Jesus rightly answers them and shows he knows the Rule which they held as holy.
And he adds his own version which is new love your neighbor as yourself.
And the scribe is very glad to know Jesus knows his catechism.
He praises him and tells that Jesus has answered the question rightly.
Jesus also praises the scribe saying he is not very far from the kingdom of God
Are we not interested in the Kingdom of God
How we try to live his law meaningfully.
We have many ways of following Jesus and his mission.
We have come here to the church to be part of God’s loving family.
When we live our call as Christians and live our call meaningfully God’s kingdom is in our midst.
Come let us be part of God’s loving family,
With a wish for a nice Sunday
Yours ever in the divine word,
Fr. Juze vas svd
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