Fr. Frank Majka, SJ – The Bridge

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Tina Turner sang the question years ago: What’s Love Got to Do with It? When it came to religion, Jesus’ answer was, Everything! He once told a questioner that love (love of God and love of neighbor) was the most important commandment in the Jewish law and that everything else made sense only in light of this two-fold love.

If love is so important, and if Jesus said that he wanted his followers to be known above all as people who knew how to love, then we owe a big debt of gratitude to those who’ve taught us how to love God and others — and, maybe just as importantly, how to receive love.

We celebrate Thanksgiving next month. Perhaps we can take some time to think about those people who taught us about love or share a memory about how they did it.

You’re most welcome to share in the comments section something about learning to love or about how you, especially if you work with young people, try to teach them to love.