"A teacher of the law had been listening to this discussion and admired how JESUS answered them. So, he came up and asked HIM, 'Which commandment is the first of all?'
JESUS answered, 'The first is: Hear, Israel! The LORD, our GOD, is One LORD; and you shall love the LORD, your GOD, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. And after this comes a second commandment: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these two.'" - Mark 12:28-31
(You shall love the LORD, with all your heart. You shall love HIM more than you love your loved ones. You shall long for HIM, you shall forget yourself so that, in everything, you search for what HE wants most from you.
You shall love the LORD, with all your mind. You shall devote the best of your intelligence to knowing HIM. Looking into your own life, you shall understand how much HE has guided you. You shall try to understand how the kingdom of GOD is coming through world and daily events. Praying and reading the Scriptures regularly, you shall ask GOD to give you HIS own Spirit so that you may understand HIM better.
You shall love the LORD, with all your strength. Since you are very weak in this, you shall ask for HIS help and strive to unite with the true servants of GOD, using the means that the Church makes available to you.
The commandment to love your neighbor as you love yourself comes second, because it cannot be understood or fulfilled without love of GOD. For GOD asks for more than solidarity with one's neighbor, or concern for those who are suffering. We should make an effort to look at our brothers and sisters in the same way that the FATHER does. We should give them what the FATHER wants for them. Among so many good things we could do for our neighbor, we should select those that the Holy Spirit inspires us to do. All this requires that we first know and love GOD.)
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