What Jesus taught has everything to do with love. When we are kind, we know we are not alone.
What Jesus taught has everything to do with love. I choose love, no matter what others do. When we put our differences behind us, the world looks new.
What Jesus taught has everything to do with love. Love is our trademark.
There’s so much hope to hold onto, because what Jesus taught has everything to do with love.
Responsive Reading for February 20
A man asked Jesus: “Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied: ‘The first is this: ‘. . . The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself; there is no other commandment greater than these.’ The scribe said to him, ‘Well said, teacher. You are right . . . . And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices’’’(Mk. 12:28-34).
What Jesus taught has everything to do with love.
Jesus said: “I will give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-5).
When we are kind, we know we are not alone.
What Jesus taught has everything to do with love.
One man wanted to know if Jesus meant he really had to learn to love everybody. He asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan (At the time, many of Jesus’ listeners thought the Samaritan people were foreigners. They were different—not as good as they were.) “Jesus replied, ‘A man fell victim to robbers … [who] beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. A priest [a leader in the Church] happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise a Levite [another important person in the community] came to the place, and … passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion. He…. brought him to an inn and took care of him.” “Which of these three do you think was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?’ He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise’” (Luke 10: 25-37).
I choose love, no matter what others do.
When we put our differences behind us, the world looks new.
What Jesus taught has everything to do with love.
Jesus said: “Without me, you can do nothing …. I have told you this so that my joy might be in you and your joy might be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this …. You are my friends…. This I command you: love one another” (Jn. 16:9-18).
Love is our trademark. There’s so much hope to hold onto,
because what Jesus taught has everything to do with love.