#Love

Our Gospel celebrates the great commandment of LOVE. to love our neighbor as God does, prejudices based on race, religion or colour have to go. the revelation at Mount Sinai prompted a sense of fairness towards others, deeper than specific commandments. Jesus demonstrates a life of utterly unselfish loving, and invites us to make that our guide to life. For st. Paul this imitation of Christ is the core of spirituality.
1st Reading: Exodus 22:20-26 God says to Israelites must show fairness in practical matters
Psalm : 17:2-4,47,51 - I love you Lord, my strength.
2nd Reading: The fervor of the Thessalonian converts encouraged other local churches
Gospel : 22:34-40 - Jesus' summation of morality as the twofold commandments of LOVE.
Doing justice in love
All our texts today suggest one clear and practical principle: loving God involves doing practical justice in our world. But even our superficially Christian society is full of people who show little respect for love or justice. Political and economic life is ruled by values far from those of the Gospel. Greed, and fierce desire for power and profit can be seen in our daily papers. We are closer to the paganism mentioned in Paul's letter than we may imagine. Today no less than then, the world is hostile to what Jesus represents, and it is hard for us to take a stand even on important issues of justice and compassion. Our Lord shows love of God and genuine love of the other as two basic aspects of the same call. There can never be a contradiction between the two, even though one may sometimes feel trapped in a situation where a particular law of Church or State seems to create a contradiction.
An approach to the second commandment about love could be by reflecting on how we love ourselves. Love of neighbour becomes virtually impossible in the agone of self-hatred in which some fearful, discouraged people can find themselves. Loving the other as oneself only becomes possible if we have, or can grow into, a healthy, sane level of self-appreciation. This is a sound psychological principle, which should be mentioned in our churches even though Christian love transcends all the transient vogues of psychology. Its ideal is the example of Christ himself, with also his commitment to justice for the poor.
Life is becoming increasingly complex. We value people who have the gift of getting beyond the multiple dimensions of an issue so as to zoom in on the heart of the matter. Such people prevent us from missing the wood for the trees. They are good at separating out what really matters from the things that are less important. They encourage us to invest our energies in what is really worthwhile, rather than allowing them to be dissipated by what is not significant.
LOVE YOUR GOD AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Jesus was a person who knew how to go to the heart of the matter. On one occasion someone asked him to intervene in a family dispute about inheritance. In his reply, he ignored the concrete issue and, instead, he called on the person who approached him to "Be on your guard against all kinds of greed" (Lk 12:13-15). He saw that the real issue was not the details of the particular case but the greed which underlay the dispute.

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God bless you father and thank you so much

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Thank you fr. Ashit for sharing and inspiring to live and value the love Of Jesus.

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Thank you father is sunder wachano ko sunne ke liye aacha mauka diye dhanyawad

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Amen 👪 all family members

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Thank you 🙏❣️

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Fr. All saints day reflection can you give. Thank you fr. Ashit

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I am sorry. We could not celebrate online mass due to technical issues. And tomorrow also since we will be celebrating mass in the cemetery, I will not be able to send the video. Thank you