The Great Commandment calls us to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. But love like this does not come easily. It requires formation, training ...

Did you know there are over 1000 “commandments” in the New Testament? That is almost twice as many as the religious Jews identified from their Torah (first five books of the Old Testament – 613 of ...

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as ...

Christians everywhere are called to worship the Lord by loving him, and making him first and foremost in their life. Jesus spoke about this in Matthew 22:36-39 when he was asked by a religious leader, ...

In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches that the greatest commandments are love of God and love of neighbor. Illustrating this event in religious art is a challenge because, as I’ve noted before, when Jesus ...

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest ...

Readings: Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 119, R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!; 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; Gospel – Matthew 5:17-37 “Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not think that I have come ...

We must remember that we serve a Holy God, and God’s holiness is transcendent. It stretches beyond the universe, and yet it is closer than our own breath. Every aspect of life is under, through, and ...

If you look up the word “love” in a dictionary, you will find something like this: Love means having an interest in and a warm regard for another, and wishing good for the other. That definition is ...