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Tuesday
February 2, 2010
Embodying Hope and Sharing God's Love
Introduction
Mark 12:28-44: In today's passage, Jesus again teaches The Great
Commandment: to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. Then he condemns the
teachers of the Law of Moses for their vainglory and swindling.
Today's Scripture: Mark 12:30"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all
your mind, and with all your strength."
How is this Scripture passage speaking to me today? Today's Reading
28A
teacher of the Law was there who heard the discussion. He saw that Jesus
had given the Sadducees a good answer, so he came to him with a question:
“Which commandment is the most important of all?”
29Jesus replied,
The most important one is this:
Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord.
30Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with
all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
31The second most important
commandment is this:
“Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” There is
no other commandment more important than these two.
32The teacher of the Law said to
Jesus,
Well done, Teacher! It is true, as you say, that only the Lord
is God and that there is no other god but he.
33And you must love God with all
your heart and with all your mind and with all your strength; and you must
love your neighbor as you love yourself. It is more important to obey these
two commandments than to offer on the altar animals and other sacrifices to
God.
34Jesus noticed how wise his answer
was, and so he told him,
“You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
After this nobody dared to ask Jesus any more questions.
35As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked
the question,
How can the teachers of the Law say that the Messiah will be the
descendant of David?
36The Holy Spirit inspired David to
say:
The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here at my right side
until I put your enemies under your
feet.
37David himself called him
“Lord”; so how can the Messiah be David's
descendant?
A large crowd was listening to Jesus gladly.
38As he taught them, he said,
Watch out for the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around
in their long robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplace,
39who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues
and the best places at feasts.
40They take advantage of widows and rob them of
their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers. Their punishment
will be all the worse!
41As Jesus sat near the Temple treasury, he
watched the people as they dropped in their money. Many rich men dropped
in a lot of money;
42then a poor widow came along and dropped in two
little copper coins, worth about a penny.
43He called his disciples together and said to
them,
I tell you that this poor widow put more in the offering box
than all the others.
44For the others put in what they had to spare of
their riches; but she, poor as she is, put in all she had—she gave all
she had to live on.
Reflect
What does it mean to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength? Think of an
example of how each of these types of love can be expressed. Are you able
to love God in these ways? Why or why not?
Pray
Lord, teach me to love you with all my heart, soul, mind and strength.
Reveal your loving spirit in my life that I may know your love and share
it with all people. Amen.
Prayer Concern
The people of Haiti
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