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TheGreatCommandment
EssenceofChristianity
OurrelationshipwithGodtheFatherandwithoneanother
Thebasis ofCatholicMoralityandisthebackboneofCatholicSocialTeaching
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Matthew22:34-40
“WhenthePhariseesheardthat[Jesus]hadsilencedtheSadducees,theygatheredtogether,andoneofthem[ascholarofthelaw]testedhimbyasking,"Teacher,whichcommandmentinthelawisthegreatest?"
[Jesus]saidtohim,"YoushalllovetheLord,yourGod,withallyourheart,withallyoursoul,andwithallyourmind.Thisisthegreatestandthefirstcommandment.
Thesecondislikeit:Youshallloveyourneighborasyourself.Thewholelawandtheprophetsdependonthesetwocommandments."
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ACommonQuestion
Whichofthe613 Jewishlawswas thegreatest?
Itwasamajorsourceof
contentionanddivided
Jewishleadersintorival
camps:PhariseesandSadducees
Itwasintendedtobeatrap.
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WhichCommandmentintheLawistheGreatest?
Jesus’answerisinsightfulandthoughtprovokinggoingbeyondthescopeoftheposedquestionandgivesasummaryofthelaworevendeeperitscenterorcore.
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GreatCommandment
Jesus' answer combines two quotations from the Torah:
Deuteronomy 6:5“Therefore, you shall love theLORD, your God, with all yourheart, and with all your soul,and with all your strength.”
Leviticus 19:18“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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TotheJewishReligiousLeaders:
TotheJewishreligiousleadersJesus’answerunderscoreshisorthodoxyasaJewishteacher
ThequotationfromDeuteronomy6:5ispartoftheShemaYisrael,whichisconsideredoneoftheholiestofJewishprayers.
ItisanaffirmationofJudaismandadeclarationoffaithinoneGod.
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ToJesus’Disciples
Tohis disciples,Jesuspresentedanewinnerdispositionandanewwayoflife.
Thetwocommandmentsareconnectedtoeachotherbytheword ‘Love'andtheirjuxtapositionbyJesuswasanoriginaltheologicalconcept.
The“LoveofGod”isnotanemotionalfeelingbutfaithfulnesstoHiscovenant,amatterofdoingGod’swill.
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“…Withallyourheart,andwithallyoursoul,andwithallyourstrength.”
Thenouns(heart,soul,strength)areawaytostressthattheweshouldloveGodwithallavailableresources.
Therabbisstressedthispartofthecommandmentwhere:
• Heartmeantwill• Soulmeantlife• Strengthmeantwealth
InotherwordsweshouldloveGodashelovesus...unconditionally.
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GreatCommandmentisreferenced in:Mark12:28-34,Luke10:25-28,Matthew7:12,19:19,22:34-40Romans13:9Galatians5:14
IntheGospelofJohnwefindtheNewCommandmentthatissimilartotheGreatCommandment:
“Loveoneanother. AsIhavelovedyou,soyoualsoshouldloveoneanother”(John13:34).
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ThethreesynopticGospelspresenttheGreatCommandmentsomewhatdifferently:
InMatthewandMark,we
seeJesusrespondingto
questioningbyaPharisaic
scribe.
Thisissetinthecontext
ofJesusbeingtestedby
thePharisees
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IntheGospelofLuketheGreatCommandmentissetinthecontextofadiscussionondiscipleship.
Jesusisaskedbythescribe,howtoachieveeternallife.Jesusaskshowthescribeinterpretedthelaw.Thescriberespondswiththegreatcommandment.
Jesusisthenaskedbythescribe,“Whoismyneighbor?”
JesusanswerswiththeParableofthe GoodSamaritan.
Apowerfullessonaboutmercytowardsthoseinneed
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BothoftheversesquotedbyJesuswerewellknowninJewishcircles.
ThedistinctivefeatureofthereplygivenbyJesusisthatheconnectedthetwo.
ThereisnoevidenceforthecombinationofthetwotextsbyanyteacherpriortoJesus.
LoveofGodfindsitsonlyfulfillmentinloveofneighbor.
Loveofone'sneighbormustberootedintheLoveofGod.
Thetwoareinseparable
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“Loveofneighbor”isgivenin theGospelofMatthewastheonlyexplicitstandardbywhichmanwillbejudged(ParableofSheepandGoats/JudgmentoftheNationsMatthew25:34-46):
“Thenthekingwillsaytothoseonhisright,'Come,youwhoareblessedbymyFather.Inheritthekingdompreparedforyoufromthefoundationoftheworld.ForIwashungryandyougavemefood,Iwasthirstyandyougavemedrink,astrangerandyouwelcomedme,nakedandyouclothedme,illandyoucaredforme,inprisonandyouvisitedme.”
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The Great Commandment is a summary and fulfillment of the 10 Commandments.
The first three commandments deal with the Love of God and the remaining 7 with the Love of Neighbor.
1. You shall have no other Gods before me
2. You shall not take the Lord's name in vain
3. Keep the Sabbath Holy
4. Honor your father and mother
5. You shall not kill
6. You shall not commit adultery
7. You shall not steal
8. You shall not bear false witness
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife
10. You shall not covet your neighbor's possessions
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TheGreatCommandmentisconsideredaformalmoralimperative.
Itisacommand notasuggestionorrequest.
Thestatementismadewithauthority,notasjustateacherbutasLord.
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LoveofNeighborChristianLove
Thisisnotaromanticlovebutacaringlove.Wemustcareaboutthewellbeingandgoodofothers.
ToJesusthedistinctivecharacteristicofthisloveisthemutualself-givingwhichbreaksdownrelationshipsmarkedbythesuperiority/inferioritystructure.
Jesusestablishesarelationshipbuiltonequality.Hecommandsustoloveoneanotherashelovesus,thatis,withthelovethathasnoroomforonetobesuperiororconsideredbetterthananother.
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ChristianLove
The spiritual life of the Christian is really a life that is lived in ways pleasing to God under the Great Commandment.
How we treat one another really matters.
It touches not only our neighbor but reaches deep into the larger society.
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POPEEMERITUSBENEDICTXVI
“Ourneighborisanyonewhoneedsourhelpandwhomwecanhelp .”
Thepopestatesthattodayloving ourneighborhasglobaldimensions sinceweseeandrespondtopeople’s strugglesandneedsalmost instantaneously
WithglobalcommunicationsatellitesandtheInternetwehaverealtimeviewsofdisastersastheyunfoldanywhereon ourplanet.
ThisglobalworldviewisatthecoreofCatholicSocialTeachingthatcentersonourloveforourfellowman.Thisisaglobalissueandshouldnotbelimitedbyboundariesofanytype.
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CatholicMorality
TheGreatCommandment(alongwiththe10Commandments,theSermonontheMountandspecificallytheBeatitudes)formsthefoundationofCatholicChristianMorality.
Catholic/ChristianmoralityplacesChristinthecenterofourmoraldecision-making.
OurconscienceshouldbeformedbasedontheteachingsandlifeofChrist.
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MoralChoices
AstheParableoftheGoodSamaritanteacheswehavechoicesandeachofusmustassumeresponsibilityforouractions.
TheoldWWJDevolvesinto
whatwouldJesuswant
metodo.
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AnInseparableLove
KarlRahner,SJ:
“Aperson’sloveforhisneighborisevidenceofhisloveofGod.
TheScripturesteachthatGod
regardstheloveshowntoaneighbor
asloveshowntohim.
Therefore,thelovingrelationship
betweenapersonandhisneighbor
indicatesalovingrelationshipbetween
thatpersonandGod.”
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GreatCommandment
ItisamoralimperativeofChristianbehavior.
ItisthefoundationofChristianlove.
Thetwocommandmentsareinseparable:YoucannotloveGodwithoutlovingyour
neighbor.AndyoucannotloveyourneighborwithouttheGraceandLoveofGod.