Sacred Heart Croation Parish issued the following announcement on Sept. 6

St. Paul echoes Jesus Christ in many ways. In the 13th Chapter from his Letter to the Romans, Paul uses a sentence which Jesus often repeated. After listing several of the Ten Commandments, St. Paul states, “The Commandments… are summed up in this saying, namely, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’. Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the Law

There is always much that gets debated in that simple admonition, such as the issue of loving yourself, and who exactly is your neighbor. Paul simply points out, like Jesus does, that we are called to treat others with love. We need to show every person the respect and caring that we may hope for and wish for. God loves us, and as we realize that more deeply, we may ultimately come to the conclusion that we and all human beings are loved and are therefore loveable.

Most of us know someone whose love is evident by how they treat others and how they live. Loving our neighbor is a visible expression of everything that Jesus taught. It is a way of expressing the depth of our faith and our belief that we are Christians, followers of Jesus Christ.