Reflect today on your love for God

One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him: "Which is the first of all the commandments?" Jesus replied: “The first is this: listen, Israel! The Lord our God is only Lord! You will love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. ”Mark 12: 28-30

It shouldn't surprise you if the greatest act you can do in life is to love God with your whole being. That is, to love him with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. Loving God above all, with all the power of your human abilities, is the constant goal you must strive for in life. But what exactly does that mean?

First, this commandment of love identifies various aspects of who we are in order to emphasize that every aspect of our being must be delivered to a total love of God. Philosophically speaking, we can identify these various aspects of our entire being as follows : intellect, will, passions, feelings, emotions and desires. How do we love God with all of these?

Let's start with our minds. The first step in loving God is to know him. This means that we must seek to understand, understand and believe in God and all that has been revealed to us about Him. It means that we have sought to penetrate into the very mystery of God's life, especially through Scripture and through the countless revelations provided. through the history of the Church.

Second, when we come to a deeper understanding of God and all that he has revealed, we make a free choice to believe in Him and follow His ways. This free choice must follow our knowledge of him and becomes an act of faith in him.

Third, when we have begun to penetrate into the mystery of God's life and have chosen to believe in Him and all that He has revealed, we will see our lives change. A specific aspect of our life that will change is that we will desire God and His will in our lives, we will desire to seek him more, we will find joy in following him and we will find that all the powers of our human soul slowly wear away with the love of him and the its ways.

Reflect, today, especially on the first aspect of loving God. Reflect on how diligently you seek to know and understand Him and all that He has revealed. This knowledge must become the foundation of your love with your whole being. Start with that and allow everything else to follow. One way to do this is to start a study of our entire Catholic faith.

Lord, I realize that to love you above all else I must come to know you. Help me to be diligent in my commitment to know you and to try to discover all the glorious truths of your life. I thank you for all that you have revealed to me and I dedicate myself today to a more in-depth discovery of your life and revelation. Jesus I believe in you.