You Shall Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
"Which commandment is the first of all?" Jesus andwered, "The first is 'Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 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.' The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." Mark 12:28
This Sunday's Gospel reading from Mark is familiar - very familiar. Despite that, I read it again and again this week, the week after Sandy - the hurricane that lived up to all the hype.
Loving my neighbor - caring and aiding and supporting and praying - as myself is a commandment, not an option. The commandment holds whether I am in good times or bad.
The wake left by Sandy demands that we respond in the many ways we are able - not because we want to, but because we must.
Volunteer, contribute, offer your time or your talent. Love your neighbor as yourself.
This Sunday's Gospel reading from Mark is familiar - very familiar. Despite that, I read it again and again this week, the week after Sandy - the hurricane that lived up to all the hype.
Loving my neighbor - caring and aiding and supporting and praying - as myself is a commandment, not an option. The commandment holds whether I am in good times or bad.
The wake left by Sandy demands that we respond in the many ways we are able - not because we want to, but because we must.
Volunteer, contribute, offer your time or your talent. Love your neighbor as yourself.
posted by Joanna Depue | 9:29 AM
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