Friday of the Third Week on Lent
(Hosea 14:2-10; Mark 12:28-34)
How do we love God with all our heart? The heart is considered the source of desire. We set our hearts on finding a good mate or
having work that we enjoy and that provides a living. We love God with all our heart when we seek Him
above all else. That is, we strive to develop
a relationship with Him through prayer.
We love God with all our soul by always living in His
light. The soul is the principle of life. It animates the body and carries on existence
when we die until body and soul are reunited.
A soul that lives in God’s light always follows God’s will. It will discern carefully what God wants and
act resolutely to carry it out.
Loving God with our whole mind, we ponder what the
Scriptures and the saints say about Him.
God is so great that no one’s mind can in any true sense know Him. Yet we can come to an appreciation of His
love and His will by study and reflection.
Often carrying out God’s will requires sacrifice. Telling the truth when a small lie will save hundreds
of dollars will make us feel and perhaps look foolish. To do so may take all the strength, yet
Jesus finds this necessary to fulfill the Law.
If we love God in these ways, we will be closer to Him than
the scribe in today’s gospel. Indeed, God
will have already come to us.
