[Grem] *****SPAM(5.2)***** Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, our Gospel for today features *the Word of God himself telling us
what stands at the heart of the Law. A scribe poses, as a kind of game, the
following question: “Which is the first of all the commandments?” There
were hundreds of laws in the Jewish system. So it was a favorite exercise
of the rabbis to seek out the single rule that somehow clarified the whole
of the Law.*

*So Jesus gives his famous answer: “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The
Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no
other commandment greater than these.”*

*What does that mean? The Law is finally about love, and the love of God
and neighbor are inextricably bound to one another. *If we love God but
hate our neighbors, we’re wasting our time.


*Why are the two loves so tightly connected? Because of who Jesus is. Jesus
is not just a human being, and he is not just God. He is the God-man, the
one in whom divinity and humanity come together. Therefore, it’s impossible
to love him as God without loving the humanity that he’s created and
embraced. *


*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*
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