As Jesus said when a legal expert asked him about the Greatest Commandment, loving God with all our heart, soul and mind leads us to love our neighbors as ourselves. When we love our neighbors as ourselves, we show the love of Christ to those around us. Love is contagious and God wants us to show it to all we know.
• Novelist Paulo Coelho once said, “One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.” Loving your neighbor as yourself can be challenging. God calls us to love others the way God loves us—unconditionally. Loving our neighbors as ourselves means showing unwarranted love with no hesitation. What has stopped you from loving someone relentlessly today? How can you love them unconditionally tomorrow?