# Lord's Day Reflection: Love Commandment

> Fr. Edmund Power explains how Jesus' love commandment challenges us to love God, self, and neighbors without compromise.
- Title: Lord's Day Reflection: Love Commandment · Vaticannews
- Summary: Fr. Edmund Power explains how Jesus' love commandment challenges us to love God, self, and neighbors without compromise. Jesus' love commandment requires…
- Keywords: gospel of the day, fr edmund power, osb, love commandment, thirtieth sunday ordinary time, jewish law, christian endeavour, agape, eros, deus caritas est, religion, world
- Source: Vaticannews — https://vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-10/gospel-reflection-thirtieth-sunday-ordinary-time.html
- Author: Vatican News
- Published: 2026-10-24T08:00:00.322+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: gospel of the day, fr edmund power, osb, love commandment, thirtieth sunday ordinary time, jewish law, christian endeavour, agape, eros, deus caritas est, religion, world
## 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
## Key takeaway

Jesus' love commandment requires loving God, self, and neighbors fully, without partiality or self-centeredness.