Today’s Thoughts: “Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.” (Thomas Merton)
Perhaps this is what Jesus is getting at as he answers the scholar of the law in today’s Gospel (Matt. 22:34-40). Love sits at the heart of any relationship, of any friendship and the first mark of a good relationship, is benevolence. Actively, seeking and finding the good in another. In today’s Gospel Jesus reminds us that we are to love God and love others and love ourselves. In order to do this, we must find the good in the ones we love, God, others and self. As Merton says if we can do this the gift of love will be our reward! Have a blessed, holy, safe, and healthy Friday everyone.
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Mary E
8/21/2020 04:05:03 am
We know we are blessed when we discover someone loving us..if this one can love us so much, how much more must God love us. Is God using this person to show us His love and to teach us how to love others in return?
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