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Mark 1 2: 2 8 - 3 4: Sunday of The 31St Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 1 2: 2 8 - 3 4: Sunday of The 31St Week in Ordinary Time
M A R K
SUNDAY OF THE 31ST WEEK
IN ORDINARY TIME
1 2 4
: 2 8 - 3
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with
all your mind, and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30) The first and the greatest
commandment is to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. For me, this is
the very essence of living in this world as Catholics. Secondly, love thy neighbor as you
love yourself. This commandment conveys that loving ourselves is not only by
individualistic enrichment but also, by showing our affection to the people that surround
us. Moreover, as we engage with other people, we tend to earn certain realizations that
help us to deeply know ourselves.
Loving thy neighbor depicts whether you love God whole-heartedly. “You have Christ in
your neighbor.” In doing good things to our neighbor, it is like we are doing these acts to
our God. On the contrary, doing evil acts is displaying insolence to His commandments.
It is for a fact that it is rather easy to mouth these
words than putting them into actions, especially
when the situation doesn’t favor you or when the
situation gets out of hand. Instead of love and
understanding, enragement and anger prevail.