The Roman Catholic Lectionary today traces
the Law of Love from Jesus words to the Scribe in the Gospel of Mark to the
Shema prayer of Deuteronomy 6:4-9. Friar Jude Winkler expands loving God with
our whole heart in our modern understanding of our whole intellect, our soul
today is our whole life, our strength is our whole possessions and our mind is
our conscience. There is no space of our being which the Great Commandment does
not call to be used in Love of God. Joe Simmons, S.J of Creighton University
comments on the teaching of Pope Francis in his letter, Evangelii Gaudium, that
reminds us to demonstrate the Love we know in God through the Love we share
with those we encounter daily. The Prophet Hosea, in the text from the Hebrew
Testament today, describes with images of beauty and splendor, the welcome God
has for those of Israel who would turn from their idols and time spend
accumulating wealth to reunite themselves with the Law of Love, which like
Hosea’s continuous forgiveness of his adulterous wife, Gomer, is expressed in
attending to the needs of our brothers and sisters.
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