Which is the first of all the commandments? 29Jesus replied, The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! 30
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.j 31
The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.k 32
Love your enemies!
The Catholic Church teaches that Gods love overcomes evil and causes a real change in us. This idea is a hallmark of John Paul IIs theology: “Especially through his lifestyle and through his actions, Jesus revealed that love is present in the world in which we livean effective love, a love that addresses itself to man and embraces everything that makes up his humanity. This love makes itself particularly noticed in contact with suffering, injustice, and povertyin contact with the whole historical human condition, which in various ways manifests mans limitation and frailty, both physical and moral. It is precisely the mode and sphere in which love manifests itself that in biblical language is called mercy” (Dives in Misericordia, 3).
...YOU!