Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Mark 12: 28-34

June 4, 2026 | Thursday

Today’s Gospel 

A teacher of the law had been listening to this discussion and admired how Jesus answered them. So he came up and asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” 

Jesus answered, “The first is: Hear, Israel! The Lord, our God, is One Lord; and you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. And after this comes a second commandment: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these two.” 

The teacher of the law said to him, “Well spoken, Master; you are right when you say that he is one, and there is no other besides him. To love him with all our heart, with all our understanding and with all our strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves is more important than any burnt offering or sacrifice.” 

Jesus approved this answer and said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.

 Today’s Reflection

Every day we struggle to fulfill all our obligations and responsibilities. We have priorities which need our attention and time. Then again, we listen to Jesus’ words that the most important priority we ought to have is to love God and, after him, our neighbors. We have heard it repeatedly in Church and in homilies. 

We know that loving God involves our entire being: heart, soul, mind and strength. God asks us to devote our whole selves to this love and everything follows after. When we are committed to love, we become closer to God. It opens us to God’s glorious works in us and in effect, allows us to be more charitable and generous to our neighbors. Let us ask God for the grace to love fully and unselfishly, that we live lives that genuinely give glory to him.

/Vulnerasti, 2026