You shall love the Lord your God…
Commetary on the Word of Life: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and all your mind. (Mt 22:37) The debate was common between schools of rabbis at the time of Jesus. The Scriptures have many commandments: which is the first? Jesus was considered a teacher and he did not duck the question when asked: ‘Which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He gives an original answer, uniting love of God with love of neighbour. His disciples can never separate these two loves, as the leaves of a tree cannot be separated from its roots. The more they love God, the more intensely they love their brothers and sisters; the more they love their brothers and sisters, the more they deepen their love for God. Jesus knows, more than anyone, the true nature of the God we must love. And so he knows just how God is to be loved: God is his Father and our Father, his God and our