“HONEY FROM THE ROCK”
Thursday, 2nd June 2016,
Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
2 Tim2: 8-15;
Ps 25: 4-5, 8-10, 14;
Mk 12: 28-34
AGAPE LOVE!
By reading the Gospel we can summarize the personality of Jesus in a single word i.e., LOVE. The Lord points out that the whole law can be condensed into two commandments: the first and more important consists in unconditional love of God; the second is a consequence and result of the first, because when man is loved, God is loved, for man is the image of God.
Love moved Jesus to lift the downtrodden, befriend the outcasts, heal the wounded, set the prisoners free and sacrifice His life on the cross to redeem us from the slavery of sin. God’s love is unconditional. Jesus by His words and deeds encourages us to practice this ‘LOVE’ for our salvation and also for the salvation of this world. And this is the Christian identity that should be lived by all who sincerely follow Jesus. Then only we become true Christians -‘Christ-like’.
Prayer: Lord, help me to be a true Christian by practicing unconditional love. Amen.
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