They are about love. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Loving and keeping the commandments are the same thing. Not imposed from outside, but drawn into your self in a way that transforms the way you live and the way you love. So it is appropriate to ponder the significance of the Ten Commandments on this World Communion Sunday.
Life is a continual receiving and sharing of gifts.
And we are part of a world-wide communion. All are embraced and none are excluded. As you know, Mother Teresa spent much of her life caring for the poor, the sick, the dying in the slums of Calcutta, India. Those who were dying horrible and repulsive deaths on the streets were literally embraced and brought inside and cared for so that they could die with dignity and know at least in their last moments of life that they were loved. Once she was asked what was the difference between her work and that of social workers.