Gospel Matthew 22: 34-40 (The Greatest Commandment)

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Gospel Matthew 22: 34-40 ( The Greatest Commandment )

Magandang araw po sa inyo mga kalakbay. Tara na at ating


Shaina
pagnilayan ang Salita ng Diyos para sa linggong ito.

(Scene 1 : talking in the Living room)


Shaina
Tanungin nga kita, ate. Mahilig ka ba sa Mathematics?

Brother Aba, isa sa favorite subjects ko ang Math kasama na ang Science at
English.

Shaina Sige nga, which is greater 10 or 613?

Brother Ang dali naman nyan! Syempre 613 is greater than 10.

Tama. Actually yan din ang paniniwala ng Pharisees, Sadducees at


ibang scholars of the law.

Shaina Although ang original na kasunduan ni Yahweh at ng chosen people


of Israel ay ang Decalogue or more commonly known as the 10
Commandments, ay pinili nilang himayin ito or break down into more
detailed “Do’s and Don’ts”.

Brother Ganun? Bakit daw?

Siguro, nais lamang ng mga gumawa nito na magkaroon ng


detalyeng gabay ang mga Jews para sa pang araw-araw na buhay
nila.

According to some Jewish traditions, the 613 commandments are


composed of 365 negative commandments ( Don’ts) and 248 positive
commandments.
Shaina
Yun 365 commandments ay tugma sa 365 days of a given year at yun
248 commandments ay para naman sa number of bones and main
organs in the human body.

Ang galing naman, yun Jewish commandments pala ay batas-gabay


Brother
sa mga tao – buong pagkatao sa loob ng buong taon.

Tama ka.
Shaina
OK, so last Math question na tayo. Which is greater 2 or 613?

Ha? Parang parehas lang yun tanong mo ah.


Brother
Syempre 613 is greater than 2.

Tingnan natin ha. Remember that a scholar of the law asked Jesus, in
a test, na sabihin kung alin ang greatest of the 613 Jewish
commandments.

But instead of falling into the evil plot of the Pharisees, Jesus, instead,
has given us the greatest commandment based on Deuteronomy 6:5
Shaina and combined it with Leviticus 19:18.

You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all
your soul, and with all your mind and that You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.

The whole law and the prophets depend on these two


commandments.

Tama si Jesus. There is no need to memorize all 613 commandments


including their step-by-step procedures in order to say that we are
Brother
following God’s commandment. We just have to remember to love
God above everything else and to love other as ourself.

Shaina Yes.

But let us keep in mind also that Jesus did not mean to abolish the
Jewish law. Instead, He was challenging them to search their hearts
into what their existing laws are intending to accomplish – to follow
the law externally ( by procedures) or to follow it internally ( by heart ).

That is the difference between the “love of the law” that the religious
Brother leaders wanted to promote and the “Law of Love” that Jesus is
bringing to all of God’s people.

Tama.

Love must be the ultimate guide and light on our path towards God
and others.

Sabi nga ni St Paul sa 1 Corinthians 13, we can have angelic


tongues, the gift of prophecy, have all the faith needed to move
mountains, give away everything BUT have not love, then all those
gifts and sacrifices meant nothing.

Love is patient.
Love is kind.
Love rejoices with the truth.
Shaina Love bears all things.
Love believes all things.
Love hopes all things.
Love endures all things.
Love never fails.

Love is not jealous.


Love is not arrogant.
Love is not rude.
Love is not quick-tempered.
Love does not seek its own interest.
Love does not brood over injury.
Love does not rejoice over wrongdoing.

Brother
Tama ka ate.

God is Love.
Kaya nga His greatest message to each and everyone of us is –
LOVE pa rin.

For God so LOVED the world that He gave His only begotten Son so
that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

Shaina Tayo ng magdasal.

Sa ngalan ng Ama, ng Anak ang ng Espirito Santo. Amen.

Lord God,

Labis po ang aming pasasalamat sa pagbibigay Mo sa amin kay


Jesus bilang patunay ng iyong unconditional love for us. Turuan mo
po kami na laging sundin ang iyong Law of Love sa aming kapwa lalo
na sa mga aming kaaway na kay hirap mahalin. Nais po naming
gayahin ang pagmamahal mo sa amin despite our weaknesses and
occasions of disobedience sa Iyo.
Both
Ito po ay hinihiling naming sa ngalan ni Hesus na aming
Tagapagligtas.

Amen.

San Lorenzo Ruiz, patron ng mga kabataan.


Ipanalangin mo po kami.

Mahal na Ina ng Laging Saklolo.


Ipanalangin mo kami.

Maraming salamat po mga kalakbay.


Both
God bless po.

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