In today's gospel, Jesus tells us the main message: love God and love your neighbors. However, despite the fact that this is a reiteration of levitical law, Jesus adds one more statement: upon these hang all of the laws. God's law is a law of love. Anything that gets in the way of our loving relationship with God is sin. Anything that gets in the way of our love for our neighbors is sin. When we welcome our friends, strangers, and enemies, we are living for God. When we devote ourselves entirely to God, we are indeed living for God. When we take the position of God, we are separating ourselves from God. When we start to punish others because of our own misunderstandings, we are no longer living for God. Instead of pointing fingers, let us join hands, for we all live under the grace of God, and we live to praise God: our creator, our redeemer, our sustainer.
Ellis, thank you for sharing of your self with the community. Your Mom, Grandfather, uncle Alex and the whole family have been a great example of God's Love. Thank you for continuing on the same path.
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