Let Love Set Your Direction
My dear son,
Love your Father today with all your heart and mind. I want to be close throughout your life, including the choices you make and the people you meet.
Share that love with your neighbor. As you care for your own body, treat another person's life as precious. The lips that tell me of your love can also offer words that are kind and truthful to someone nearby.
As you decide what to do today, ask what love calls for. Do not let busyness make you forget the people beside you. Your Father will be glad to see your heart, hands, and feet all moving in the direction of love.
With all my love,
Your Father
Matthew 22:37–39
WEB37Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38This is the first and great commandment.
39A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
A short reflection
Jesus identifies wholehearted love for God and love for one's neighbor as oneself as the greatest commandments.
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