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Lord's Day Reflection: Love Commandment
Fr. Edmund Power explains how Jesus' love commandment challenges us to love God, self, and neighbors without compromise.
In brief
Fr. Edmund Power explains how Jesus' love commandment challenges us to love God, self, and neighbors without compromise. Jesus' love commandment requires loving God, self, and neighbors fully, without partiality or self-centeredness. Originally reported by Vaticannews.
Jesus' Love Commandment
The love commandment sums up the heart of the Jewish law and christian endeavour in few words.
“the love commandment”
Pharisees Test Jesus
The pharisees' spokesman sought to test jesus using a verb from the desert temptation.
“the pharisees' spokesman sought to test him”
Love Commandment Meaning
Jesus emphasizes total love with no compromise or partiality for god.
“love of god admits of no compromise no prudent reduction no partialness”
Agape and Eros
agape is the gift-love of the new testament while eros is the need-love in the heart.
“agape the gift love so prominent in the new testament”
Love for Neighbors
true love of god requires loving neighbors without partiality or self-centeredness.
“if anyone says i love god and hates his brother he is a liar”
Self-Love Balance
right self-love means valuing what god has given without striving to be better.
“as yourself the implication is that right self love as opposed to wrong self love is the measure”
The short version
Jesus' love commandment requires loving God, self, and neighbors fully, without partiality or self-centeredness.
