Your Neighbor as Yourself

For John, BLUF:  Love God, Love your neighbor as yourself.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The Gospel for today, the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, is from Matthew 22:34-40

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,
they gathered together, and one of them,
a scholar of the law tested him by asking,
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
He said to him,
"You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
The second is like it:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

"You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

That is a little tricky.  If you don't love yourself you are not going to be very loving toward your neighbor.  So, our spiritual journey needs to include learning how to accept, and reform, oneself.  Not always easy.  But necessary.  A humble acceptance.

Regards  —  Cliff