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About Jesus’ commandment to love God and neighbor, as a fundamental criterion on which we should base our lives Francis said in considering the Angelus. The Pope asked if encountered by us humans, we are really able to see the face of God? He also reminded that “love is the measure of faith, and faith is the soul of love” and the fact that you can not separate the religious life of service and to help its neighbors in need.
His meditation on the Holy Father around based The Sunday Gospel, in which Jesus, the Pharisees try to give up asking him which of the commandments of the Law is the most important? Jesus, as the first and greatest commandment mentions: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.” I just added the second is like to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ” Francis pointed out that Jesus did not invent anything just quoted two passages from the Old Testament books. “The novelty is precisely the combination of these two commandments – love God and love of neighbor – showing that they are inseparable and mutually reinforcing, they are like two sides of the same coin – the Holy Father said. – You can not love God without loving your neighbor and you can not love your neighbor without loving God. Pope Benedict has left us a lovely comment on this in his first encyclical Deus Caritas Est. Visible sign that the Christian can show, to bear witness to the world, your friends and family about the love of God, love for the brethren. The commandment of love of God and neighbor is the first, not because it is located at the head table of the commandments. Jesus did not set it at the beginning, but in the center, because it is the heart, from which everything must come and to which everything should go back and refer “.Franciszek recalled that in the Old Testament, there needs to be saints on the model of God, who is holy . It was associated with the need to carry a specific aid, including foreigners, orphans and widows. In Jesus the law finds its fulfillment. “In light of the words of Jesus love is the measure of faith, and faith is the soul of love. We can not continue to separate the religious life of service to our brothers, the particular people we meet. We can no longer separate prayer meeting God in the sacraments, from listening to the other person, closeness to her life, especially her wounds – the Pope said. – Remember: love is the measure of faith. And as you love? Let every man for himself answer. What is your faith? Is my faith is a reflection of my love? Faith is the soul of love. In the maze of rules and regulations, yesterday and today legalizmów, Jesus performs breach allowing us to see the two faces: the face of the Father, and the face of his brother. Do not leave us two principles or two provisions, but two faces, but rather one face, the face of God, which reflects the many faces. Because in the face of every brother, especially the smallest, weakest, helpless and in need of the present is the image of God. When we meet one of our brothers, we must consider whether we are able to recognize in him the face of God: are we capable of this? “. Francis pointed out that Jesus in these two commandments gives everyone a fundamental criterion on which to base their lives. “But above all, he gave us his Spirit, who enables us to love God and neighbor, as he, with the heart of a free and generous” – said the Holy Father. As a concrete example of the fulfillment of the commandment of love of God and neighbor, Francis pointed to an Italian nun s. Maria Assunta Marchetti Caterina. The co-founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo was yesterday declared Blessed in Brazil. “This sister was a model of service to orphans with families of Italian immigrants. She could see Jesus in the poor, the orphans, the sick and immigrants – the Pope said. – Thank God for this woman, such as a tireless missionary spirit and courageous devotion in the service of charity. And this is the evocation, and above all a confirmation of what was mentioned earlier: seeking the face of God in a needy brother and sister. ” The pope also greeted members of the Schoenstatt Movement and the Peruvian community of the Eternal City. It arrived at St. Peter’s Square. Peter with the image of Jesus – the Lord of Miracles.
Pope at Angelus: love is the measure of faith – Bedrock
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