Sunday, March 16, 2008

Jesus told us to:

Jesus told us to:

To feed the poor.

To clothe the naked.

To visit the sick and imprisoned.

To help the orphans and widows in their afflictions and

To keep oneself unspotted from the world.

To obey the Ten Commandments.

To become like little children in order to inherit the kingdom of God.

To suffer the little children to come unto Him, and forbid them not.

To baptize believers and

make disciples of all nations.

To cleanse the lepers, heal the sick and raise the dead.

To sell all that we have, give it to the poor and come, and follow Him.

However, all these commands are summarized in this, "Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, mind, soul and strength and to love thy neighbor as thyself."

Because, "Love suffers long and is kind;
love does not envy;
love does not parade itself,
is not puffed up;
does not behave rudely,
does not seek its own,
is not provoked,
thinks no evil;
does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13

Love is the fulfillment of the Law, because love looks after the salvation and welfare of others, and one who loves God will never want to offend their Holy Father.