Fully the first half of the #Commandments tell the aspirant, and all humans that may not aspire LOL, to pay attention. To God. All the time. It's a skill. Takes practice.

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#Aquinas: "It is a great thing to do #miracles, but it is a greater thing to live virtuously." Rather than overindulging in commentaries on the #commandments or threats & fear to motivate healthy actions, he discusses the #Beatitudes, containing "the whole perfection of our life." bit.ly/4qqZFGo
Image: James Tissot, The Beatitudes Sermon, Wikimedia.

While swearing #His name. That is your religion? Fury with #Christ's name? Sorry, broken religion. Try again. He said He came to complete. The #Commandments existed. Do you know them? Try again. Btw, you become reasonable, or I become unburdened with you. Cheers.

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The #Psalm: Psalm 112:1-9
 
The Psalmist meditates on those who observe God's #commandments. 

A quotation from The Bible

Be under obligation to no one — the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law. The commandments, “Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not desire what belongs to someone else” — all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” If you love others, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law.
 
[Μηδενὶ μηδὲν ὀφείλετε εἰ μὴ τὸ ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν· ὁ γὰρ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἕτερον νόμον πεπλήρωκεν. τὸ γὰρ ” Οὐ μοιχεύσεις, Οὐ φονεύσεις, Οὐ κλέψεις, Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις”, καὶ εἴ τις ἑτέρα ἐντολή, ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται [ἐν τῷ] ” Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.” ἡ ἀγάπη τῷ πλησίον κακὸν οὐκ ἐργάζεται· πλήρωμα οὖν νόμου ἡ ἀγάπη.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Romans 13: 8-9 [GNT (1992 ed.)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/81330/

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