What does our Gospel verse from Mark mean? Bishop Barron writes that the law is finally about love, and the love of God and neighbor are inextricably bound to one another. We’re wasting our time if we love God but hate our neighbors. When you really love someone, you tend to love, as well, what they love. Well, what does God love? He loves everything and everyone that he has made. So, if you want to love God, and you find this move difficult because God seems so distant, love anyone you come across for the sake of God. We are all called to journey through our days and years, trying our best to realize the reign of God through learning to love. It is the task of a lifetime. The more we mature in love, the closer we are to God. Sr. Pat Kozak writes that this idea of loving in a manner of giving our all to it is worth thinking about or, better yet, praying about. Because loving this way is what the Gospel is all about, what the following Jesus is about. The choice is not gaining or losing but letting go and waking up. It is coming alive with fullness and freedom, filled with a sense of possibility and immanence. And in a moment of pure gift, I suddenly see that everything around me is an invitation, an opening, and that giving over to this loving makes me feel more alive than holding on to my own small and separate self. It’s worth thinking about or, better yet, praying about. To love, as Jesus speaks about, is the task of a lifetime.