Two commandments and leaving idols: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Listen to the homily here.

Notes:

Two laws

·      “…a scholar of the law tested [Jesus] 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."

These two commandments

·      Big picture…the forest…the map…the journey

·      Love God

o   God loves us: “God is love…”

o   How do we show God our love?

§  #1: Is God #1 in your life?

§  Students and their list

o   Do we talk to God?

§  How do we talk to others?

§  How do we talk to God?

o   Worship, honor,

·      How do you love your neighbor?

o   Service

And here is a third law as the Thessalonians received from St. Paul:

·      Thessalonians: “…and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God and to await his Son from heaven.”

·      Idols

o   How can you refocus from idols to God?

o   Yourself?  Pride?  Gossiping?  Judging?

o   Your stuff?  Money?  Power?  Lust?  Popularity?  Power?

Love God, love your neighbor, and focus back to God beyond stuff

·      You are not in control…but God does