He called this the “greatest and most important commandment” (Matthew 22:37-40 ... After all, we believe that God loves us just as we are and not as we should be, and only that kind of ...

so that we would offend God, renounce our faith or give up the practice of our religion for their sake. Q. 1143. How does the first Commandment help us to keep the great Commandment of the love of ...

Thus, it seems strange that the first and the last of the commandments – affirming that the Lord is our God and the ...

Jesus, as a faithful Jew, based his entire life and identity on the Great Commandment to love God first and foremost, mind, heart, soul and body, and then to love others as he loved himself.

The Ten Commandments (today’s first reading ... “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” God promises a great love for the truth and respect for the reputation of others.