Friday, March 17, 2023
Love your neighbor
An excerpt from Mark 12:28-31
Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” The second is this, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Reflection from Nana Agyeman, St Gregory’s Episcopal Church:
What comes to mind when I read this passage is to be a Christian is to love God. And to love God is to love thy neighbor as we were made in God’s image. We cannot truly love God without also loving his creation, thy neighbors, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
I believe the commandments to love God and neighbor are first because it is from the heart that we must live our lives.
Stained glass from the south wall of the Sanctuary in St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church
For further study and prayer, the readings assigned for today are:
• Psalm 23
• 1 Samuel 15:22-31
• Ephesians 5:1-9
Music:
“You Will Be Found” from the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen
When you’re broken on the ground – you will be found!
Tags: Lent 2023
