Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Marcos 12:28-34)
May isa ka manunudlo sang Kasuguan didto nga nakabati sang ila diskusyon. Nabatian niya nga maayo ang sabat ni Jesus. Gani nagpalapit siya kag nagpamangkot man, "Ano gid bala ang labing importante nga sugo?"
Nagsabat si Jesus, "Ang labing importante nga sugo amo ini: 'Pamati kamo nga mga taga-Israel! Ang Ginoo nga aton Dios amo lang ang Ginoo.
Gani higugmaon mo ang Ginoo nga imo Dios sa bug-os mo nga tagipusuon, sa bug-os mo nga kalag, sa bug-os mo nga hunahuna kag sa tanan mo nga ginahimo.'
Ang madason nga labing importante nga sugo amo ini: 'Higugmaon mo ang imo kapareho pareho sang paghigugma mo sa imo kaugalingon.' Wala na sing sugo nga labaw pa sa sining duha."
Nagsiling ang manunudlo sang Kasuguan sa iya, "Husto ka manunudlo! Matuod ang imo ginasiling nga may isa lang ka Dios kag wala na sing iban pa.
Kag ang paghigugma sa iya sa bug-os nga tagipusuon, sa bug-os nga hunahuna, kag sa tanan naton nga ginahimo, kag ang paghigugma sa aton kapareho pareho sang paghigugma naton sa aton kaugalingon mas importante sang sa tanan nga halad nga sinunog kag iban pa nga mga halad."
Pagkabati ni Jesus nga husto gid ang iya mga sabat, nagsiling siya sa iya, "Malapit ka na nga masakop sa paghari sang Dios." Pagkatapos sadto wala na gid sing may nangahas nga magpamangkot kay Jesus.
Prayers:
"We love you, O our God; and we desire to love you more and more. Grant to us that we may love you as much as we desire, and as much as we ought. O dearest friend, who has so loved and saved us, the thought of whom is so sweet and always growing sweeter, come with Christ and dwell in our hearts; that you keep a watch over our lips, our steps, our deeds, and we shall not need to be anxious either for our souls or our bodies. Give us love, sweetest of all gifts, which knows no enemy. Give us in our hearts pure love, born of your love to us, that we may love others as you love us. O most loving Father of Jesus Christ, from whom flows all love, let our hearts, frozen in sin, cold to you and cold to others, be warmed by this divine fire. So help and bless us in your Son." (Prayer of Anselm, 12th century)
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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:
How does love and obedience to God’s law go together? The Pharisees prided themselves in the knowledge of the law and their ritual requirements. They made it a life-time practice to study the six hundred and thirteen precepts of the Old Testament along with the numerous rabbinic commentaries. They tested Jesus to see if he correctly understood the law as they did. Jesus startled them with his profound simplicity and mastery of the law of God and its purpose. What does God require of us? Simply that we love as he loves! God is love and everything he does flows from his love for us. God loved us first and our love for him is a response to his exceeding grace and kindness towards us. The love of God comes first and the love of neighbor is firmly grounded in the love of God. The more we know of God's love and truth the more we love what he loves and reject what is hateful and contrary to his will.
What makes our love for God and his commands grow in us? Faith in God and hope in his promises strengthen us in the love of God. They are essential for a good relationship with God, for being united with him. The more we know of God the more we love him and the more we love him the greater we believe and hope in his promises. The Lord, through the gift of the Holy Spirit, gives us a new freedom to love as he loves (Galatians 5:13). Do you allow anything to keep you from the love of God and the joy of serving others with a generous heart? Paul the Apostle says: hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us (Romans 5:5). Do you know the love which conquers all?
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