When Jesus said that we should love our neighbors as ourselves most people mistook what He meant, which is easy to do. Most presume that they get it, truth is, they might get it, but likely they don't. This principle of putting yourself in the position of the servant, is prime to the Christology, and why when you look at someone you love, your eyes can't lie, love shines out. This is why when someone loves someone, their eyes are the communicators of this, love that you feel and do, is a practice of who you are. You do love for people, it is the small detailed important actions that a person who loves someone will be sure aren't missing from the relationship, and the person who is only pretending to be in love with someone can't possibly accomplish, they are the dead giveaways of who you are. So when you love yourself, it is impossible not to love your neighbors, it isn't something you can do anything about, you become what Jesus believed in, which is love. It is actually amusing sometimes to watch people who claim to be "filled with the love of Christ," deny what they are in their lives, amusing because, the sad truth is, they aren't fooling anybody, especially the ones they claim that they love. It is only when the real truth of love comes forth from your life that small detailed important matters get done, otherwise they don't, and that isn't something a person can correct as a behavior, this is what Jesus knew, you either are in this or you aren't, which are you?
Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Per Signum Crucsis (By The Sign of the Cross) De Inimicsis Nostre (From our Enemies) Libera Nos, Deus Noster (Deliver us, our God) In Nomine Patris (In the name of the Father) Et Filii (and of the Son) Et Spiritus SAncti (and of the Holy Spirit) Amen
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