To Love With Everything

Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! “to love him with all our heart, with all your understanding, with all your rength, and to love your neighbor as yourself” is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. Mark 12:29, 33 In the readings for today God asks for the totality of our lives All heart All thought All strength It seems like there would be little left for us further We must also love our neighbors Ourselves When our hearts are divided among many different objects Desires It is indeed difficult to love ourselves Our neighbor But when our hearts are united with God alone We have access to an infinite source of love Elizabeth Duffy Turned to Poetry: Jac R. M. WDate: 3022021 Poetry Form: Sonnet