“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind–and your neighbor as yourself.” This is the way that Jesus summed up the law and the prophets. Finally, it is a matter of love, and the love of God and neighbor are tightly intertwined. I try to illustrate this principle by telling the life of Rose Hawthorne, a woman who loved God precisely by loving some of the most ostracized people of her time.
The Greatest Commandment
Cycle AOrdinary TimeWeek 30
by Bishop Robert BarronOctober 23, 2005
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Authors
Bishop Robert Barron
Catechism
2196, 2069, 2067, 2055, 2031, 1878, 1844, 1823, 1822, 1477, 1337, 828, 474, 470, 464, 460, 432
Liturgical Readings
Cycle A - Ordinary Time - Week 30
Scriptures
John 3:16, 1 Corinthians 13:2, Deuteronomy 6:5, Luke 10:25-28, Mark 12:28-37
Seasons
Ordinary Time
Topics
God, Incarnation, Jesus Christ, Law, Love, Saints, Salvation, Works of Mercy