2 Tim 2:8-15 / Mark 12:28-34
It is often said that a picture tells a thousand words.
In many ways that it is especially when the picture conveys the message as it is.
Still the picture may not convey the entire message, or in some cases, the picture may be interpreted with a number of meanings.
And when that happens, then many words are used to interpret the picture, and so instead of clarification, there could be confusion.
In the first reading, St. Paul tells this to Timothy: Tell them, in the name of God, that is no wrangling about words. All that this ever achieves is the destruction of those who are listening.
The issue was about the Good News and how it was interpreted by some people who had their own opinions.
In the gospel, when the scribe asked Jesus about the first of all the commandment Jesus used words to explain it.
After that scribe could only reiterate what Jesus said.
Because in Jesus, the scribe heard the words of love, and he also saw the reality of love, and he had no further questions.
Let us live our lives according to the commandment of God’s love, and others will see in us the image of God’s love.