Week 552–Pietà Lenten Series–Fr Chris Sarkis–With All Our Heart

Pietà Lenten Series–Fr Chris Sarkis–With All Our Heart (Fr Chris Sarkis says that the young scribe in the Gospel for this coming Friday was clearly searching for God and seeking him with all his heart by asking Jesus “which is the first of all the commandments?” It is a question that flows from the heart of every sincere believer who is genuinely seeking God. The command to love God is not a duty that can be forced upon us, or something we do because we have been told to. Loving God is a privilege freely offered to us when he embraces us in a personal relationship with him and will only grow and deepen when we freely accept his words and teachings, and open ourselves to his love and grace in our lives. This will only happen as we gradually align our will to his will through the countless and often small decisions we make in our daily lives, seeking him “with all our heart.”)