DAILY DEVOTIONAL, (FRIDAY MARCH 24, 2017)

Reading the Liturgy Friday, March 24, 2017

First Reading Hosea 14: 2-10
This is what the word of God, "Return, O Israel, the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your sins. Come bring words of regret, and repent to God. Cry out to Him: 'Forgive any errors, so we got a good, then we will present our recognition. Assyria can not save us; we do not want to ride a horse, and we will no longer say 'Yes, our God' to our handmade. Because You love orphans. ' Thus says the Lord: I will bring them from fraud, I will love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, and cast forth his roots as poplar tree. The branches will grow;
splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. They will go back and dwell in my shade; they will grow like wheat. They will blossom like a vine,
famous as the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim, what have bearing on my idols? I who answer and take care of you! I am like a verdant cypress, from me you got fruit. Who is wise? Let him understand these things;
who is wise, let him know it; For the ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in situ.
Thus saith the Lord.

Psalm Ps 81: 6c-8a.86b-9.10-11b.14.17
I am the Lord your God, listen to my voice.
* I heard a language I did not recognize, "I who have lifted the burden from your shoulders, and frees your hands from the basket yoke;
in distress you called out, then I deliver thee.
* I answer you by hiding behind the storm, I have been testing you close Meriba. Hear, O my people, I will give you a warning; O Israel, would you want to listen to me!
* Let no other gods among you, and thou shalt not worship a stranger. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
* If only my people listen to me! Had Israel living in my ways! My people will give to eat wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satiates.

Introduction to the Gospel of Matthew 4:17
Repent, saith the Lord, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Gospel reading Mark 12: 28b-34
Once events came a scribe to Jesus and asked him, "Which is the first command?" Jesus replied, "The most important commandment is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
And the second commandment is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment more important than these. "
The scribe said to Jesus, "Teacher, exactly what You say, that he is one, and that there is no other god but Him.
Indeed, love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and love your neighbor as yourself is far more important than all burnt offerings and offerings. "
Jesus saw how wisely the man answers. Then he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God!" And no one dare to ask him Jesus.
Thus the Gospel of the Lord.

Devotional.
Love does not know in part, but it involves the whole self. A child was playing ball amid a field. He does not bother the heat of the sun. Forget to eat and drink. He seemed to be one with the ball. The same thing applies for a person who loves what he does: The painter who is drawing scenery as one with nature in front of him, farmers are tirelessly working in the fields, the nurse who was wholeheartedly serve the patient, a social worker who diligently serve the poor, they have loves his job with all your heart, with all your soul, and strength.
Jesus teaches us that God above all else. So love God must be with all of us. This means that we should praise the Lord even when we're working, we must pray to Him at every opportunity, we read His Word as if we are reading the newspaper, listening to His word as we are always listening to the radio or television. And to love God with all of us, flows the love of neighbor as we love ourselves. It means we will consider the interests of others, to feel the hurt of others and try to understand their dreams.

Item contemplation.
Jesus integrate himself into all the love, and He commanded His disciples to carry out the same. If we love God with all we are and all at once love others as we love ourselves then the kingdom of God is truly present in our midst.

Prayer.
Yes God is benevolent, we give your people the ability to love You with all our heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength, and to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Amen.