Jesus answers the scribe's question about the greatest commandment, emphasizing that true love comes from God, and through the Holy Spirit, Christ's followers are able to love.
Peace and goodness to everyone! This homily will be in Italian. Just like last Sunday, in today's Gospel as well we see that the religious leaders of Jesus' time continue to put Him to the test, to examine Him, in a word.
Being put to the test can be positive. In school we test students to see if they have studied. In the same way, when someone is looking for a job and claims they know how to do something, we also want to see, to put them to the test, to see if they are capable of doing the work well.
But standing before Jesus we find people who are not seeking the truth. They are looking to find something negative regarding Jesus so that they can condemn Him, and we too must be careful in our lives not to be people who only see the negative.
This is the experience that Jesus also lived through in His life. We must remember what God said to the serpent after the sin of Adam and Eve: I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers.
We must realize that the seed of the serpent is around us as well, and Jesus says once that your father is the devil and you do the works of him. And the works of the devil are two: lies and murder. Therefore we must ask in the Lord to be the descendants of the woman.
Who is the descendant of the woman? Jesus. We can be descendants of the woman if we practice the Gospel, because from the cross Jesus reveals who the true woman is, and directs us to the beloved disciple. In the Gospel of John, behold the one who hears the word of God and puts it into practice.
And then Mary, when she looks upon us, sees her Son. This is what we must ask of the Lord, that the heart of Jesus be ours, when they ask Him what the most important commandment is.
Jesus answers: that we love God and our neighbor. But the question is whether we are capable of loving God? Because love is not philanthropy, not human goodness. True love only comes from God, who is the Holy Spirit, and the Spirit is the one who must enter our hearts.
The teachers of the Eastern Church teach that the light created on the first day is the inner light, the ability to see the good. Let us ask the Lord today to grant us this light and the Holy Spirit.
Why have we come here to Medjugorje? So that Mary may visit us, and so that she may also grant us the Spirit that filled her. So that this Spirit may guide us in our homes, in our families, in our work.
At this moment the Blessed Virgin is interceding for it with her Son, and soon the Son will be here in the daily miracle. Jesus wants to enter into us, just as He entered into Mary, so that He may become the bread of life.
The land of promise is the body of Christ, which we find in the Eucharist. Therefore let us ask the Lord today, through the intercession of Mary, that the Son of God, who dwells within us, may teach us to love, because through the mystery of the Incarnation we too are capable of loving as God loves.
AI translation. This text was made with artificial intelligence from the live broadcast of Radio Mir Medjugorje. It may contain small inaccuracies; the homily as preached in Croatian is authoritative.