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b'(Dt.6:2-6;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.18:2-4,47,51;\\xa0\\xa0 Heb.7:23-28;\\xa0\\xa0 Mk.12:28-34)\\xa0 \\u201cYou are not far from the kingdom of God.\\u201d If you \\u201cfear the Lord, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all His statutes and commandments,\\u201d you will have \\u201clong life\\u201d; the Lord will \\u201cgive you a land flowing with milk and honey.\\u201d\\xa0 The promise spoken by Moses to the people stands true, and truer, today.\\xa0 If we \\u201ctake to heart these words which [both Moses and Jesus] enjoin on [us] today,\\u201d the kingdom shall indeed be not far from us.\\xa0 For these words are life-giving, they are the heart of the law, the heart of God\\u2019s love, and so breathe the breath of life upon the obedient soul: \\u201cHear, O Israel!\\xa0 The Lord our God is Lord alone!\\xa0 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.\\u201d\\xa0 (And the seconding of the Commandment is like it: \\u201cYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.\\u201d)\\xa0 This Command, this word of Truth and Life, the ancient Israelites inscribed upon their doorposts and lintels, and wore upon their person, never to forget what wisdom had been imparted unto them.\\xa0 And now we, where shall we wear this essential Command, which silences even the hardest skeptics\\u2026?\\xa0 It should be inscribed upon our hearts.\\xa0 It should pour forth as praise from the mouth of all, all the faithful exclaiming with David in song, \\u201cI love you, O Lord, my strength.\\u201d\\xa0 \\u201cThe Lord lives!\\xa0 And blessed be my rock!\\u201d\\xa0 Our hearts indeed should overflow with love of God, who is so near us. Oh brothers and sisters, do you not know how near He is to you now?\\xa0 Do you not know that Jesus \\u201cis always able to save those who approach God through Him, since He lives forever to make intercession for [us]\\u201d?\\xa0 Do you not know that you have a high priest who is \\u201choly, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens,\\u201d and that He draws you unto the Heaven where He dwells?\\xa0 No longer do we turn to weak men, as even Moses was, but to \\u201ca Son, who has been made perfect forever.\\u201d\\xa0 And His Sonship we share even this day when we love as He has loved. Love God, brothers and sisters.\\xa0 Love Him with heart and soul, mind and body.\\xa0 Let the four corners of the universe declare His praise and honor His Name in unending love of all.\\xa0 It is Jesus\\u2019 blood, Jesus\\u2019 love, which courses through our veins now.\\xa0 How much closer can we come than this Bread of Life?\\xa0 Heaven has come to earth in flesh of love, and raises these earthen vessels we are unto the gates of the kingdom.\\xa0 On the doorstep you stand; only enter in. Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Love, The Meaning Of (Liars Don\'t Love, Lovers Don\'t Lie)" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, if we love you and our neighbor, indeed we draw close to your kingdom. YHWH, if we but keep your Word, we shall be blessed; if we but love you, O LORD our God, we shall know your love.\\xa0 If we worship you alone, we shall soon come to Heaven.\\xa0 O let your love fill us with praise of your NAME! \\xa0And may that love overflow to all souls. We love you, O LORD; we praise your holy NAME.\\xa0 You are exalted above all gods and your reign endures forever.\\xa0 And that reign you would share with all who are obedient to your Word, to your call to love. And so your Son has come among us as our high priest; as priest and victim He stands in our midst and calls us to your kingdom through His holy sacrifice.\\xa0 Once for all He offered Himself that we might be saved, that He might live to make intercession for us all our days \\u2013 that we might learn to love as He loves, as you love, dear God, giving all our lives for your sake and that of our neighbor.\\xa0 Alleluia!'