Daily Gospel Reflection

Is Your Heart Divided?

Welcome back to Radical and Relevant. The question I want you to think about today is, have you ever done anything wholeheartedly? Let's have a look at what Jesus has to say. Today's reading is from the Gospel of Mark 12:28-34. "And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another and seeing that Jesus answered them so well, he asked him, 'Which commandment is the first of all the commandments?' Jesus answered, 'The first is, "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." The second is this, "Shall love your neighbor as yourself." There is no other commandment greater than these.' And the scribe said to him, 'You are right, teacher. You have truly said that He is one, and there is no other but He. And to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength and to love one's neighbor as oneself is much more than all whole burnt sufferings and sacrifices.' And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' And after that, no one dared to ask him many questions."

So we've heard this reading probably many, many times in our lives. But the question I started with was, have you ever done something in your life wholeheartedly? The first commandment, Jesus is calling us to love God with our whole hearts, whole minds, whole souls, whole strengths. And doing something wholeheartedly is-- it's really, really difficult. Our hearts get divided very, very easily. And so as you go through your day today, I want you to ask yourself, "Am I doing this wholeheartedly? Or am I doing this with a divided heart? Am I doing this with a distracted heart?" We need to learn to do little things wholeheartedly, because it's only by learning to do little things wholeheartedly that we develop the muscles, the spiritual muscles, the spiritual strength to love God wholeheartedly and to love our neighbor as ourselves. God bless you. Have a great day. Remember, be bold, be Catholic, and I will see you tomorrow.