“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” – Mt 22:37
This is one of my favorite gospel readings. It has always touched my heart. I often think about God loving me. And praying for God’s help. What can God do for me?
But when do I think about me loving God? When do I think about doing for God? Giving my life to God? Loving God with all my heart and all my soul and all my mind?
And how does one do that? Some thoughts:
Loving others.
Loving ourselves.
Attending Mass.
Praying.
Reading scripture.
Doing Ministry.
Putting God first. Making Him the number one priority.
Accepting love from God.
Accepting love from God is not what one would think of when talking about loving God. But if we think about our personal relationships, isn’t accepting love from them important?
When Rich passed away, I had all I could do to get up in the morning. Even going to Mass seemed impossible. It was my son who told me that he was going to bring me to Mass that first Sunday. It has been a year and a half since Rich died. My son is still bringing me to Mass every week. And now he brings his young daughters as well.
And we sit in the same pew every week and we are surrounded by people who enjoy seeing my granddaughters and worry when we run late. My feelings of loneliness are going away.
I am surrounded by love.
Who knew?
Who knew that by loving God we receive even more love back?
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