It is interesting in the gospel passage that when Jesus asks the Pharisees a common sense question regarding helping a person who is sick (when and where they need the help); helping an animal when in danger (when and where it needs help) – they cannot answer the question – because all they have in their minds is their rigid legal prescriptions that apparently, to them, take precedence over the kind and loving thing to do.
For those who experience real love: that is, those who experience ever more deeply the knowledge of Jesus and his ways: those who experience intimate friendship with him by walking with him and talking with him – values are clear, motivations are pure, and actions are blameless in comparison with the coming of the day of Christ. Glory will be the reward of those who loved and took care of all God's creatures – but especially fellow-men and women - any time of the day, any day of the week – with Christ's own love!
May our love be his love today!
How great are the works of the Lord – in themselves and through us!
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