Scripture Reading
Matthew 22:37-40
And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets."
Reflection
In the midst of the Jerusalem debates that fill Holy Tuesday, Jesus distills everything into love. All the law, all the prophets — the entire architecture of God's revelation — hangs on these two loves. They are not separate: love for God without love for neighbor is abstract; love for neighbor without love for God lacks its source. Holy Week presses the question: what does total love actually cost?
Prayer for Today
Father,
As I go for surgery I rest into your promises. I lean back into your love for me, and ask for your protection as I undergo this operation. I sink into your peace as the surgeons work with your spirit to bring restoration. I lie down holding your hand of grace that leads me through the darkest of times and into new seasons filled with hope. I know that when I am most vulnerable you will be with me, that your love, restoration and grace will hold me safe.
Amen.
As I go for surgery I rest into your promises. I lean back into your love for me, and ask for your protection as I undergo this operation. I sink into your peace as the surgeons work with your spirit to bring restoration. I lie down holding your hand of grace that leads me through the darkest of times and into new seasons filled with hope. I know that when I am most vulnerable you will be with me, that your love, restoration and grace will hold me safe.
Amen.
Amen.