‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ Mk 12
If we follow this commandment, then there really is no need for any others.
If we truly love God, then all our other relationships will be good and right, for that love of God will be at our very core.
Look at it from a different perspective:
How can we treat others unjustly when our whole being is in tune with God?
How can we mistreat creation, or disrespect our own dignity when we’re one with God?
You see, if we truly love God, then our very lives will reflect that intimate bond.
When we put God first, then we place ourselves and all the trivialities of this world in proper perspective.
This season of Lent is really all about reevaluating our priorities, to make sure that all we say and do does indeed bring us closer to our ultimate goal of being with our Creator for all eternity.
On this day of abstinence from eating meat, may we also seek to abstain from all that is preventing us from achieving this goal. May we make certain that everything takes a back seat to our pursuit of heaven.
May all of our Lenten prayers and practices truly assist us in remaining faithful to our journey through this life, so that come Easter, we might indeed find ourselves ever closer to eternal life in the Father’s Kingdom of true and lasting peace.
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