The Gospel in One Verse

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This (John 3:16) was also stated in the Dynamic Catholic Lenten video by one of their speakers who I really like. He mentions how he complicates this one verse - John 3:16.
 
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This primarily sums up the Eucharist, but I am not so sure it sums up the Gospel. It is definitely part of the Gospel message.
 
St Matthew: 5:48. “be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect”

To me this sums up the entire life of faith.

We must cooperate with God’s loving work that He wants to do in us, making us ever more loving, more generous, more humble, more other-oriented, more focused on the good of others, more complete in our union with God’s will for us in each hour of each day.

God wants us to resemble the heart of His Son at the end of our life, growing each day closer to Him.

And the way we do that is through a lively prayer life, a rich use of the Sacraments, knowledge of Him through reading Scripture, etc.
 
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On the contrary, it sums up the gospel quite perfectly!. Eating the flesh and drinking the blood is symbolic of our transformation into the image of Christ. What more is there for a Christian to do?
 
I fear you have a shallow view of what the Eucharist is about if you don’t think it sums up the entire Gospel.
 
I have a deep love for the Eucharist and am not downplaying the importance of the Eucharist in my Catholic faith.
However, for me personally, the Gospel and the Eucharist are not the same.
 
They are. We eat bread and drink wine to help us transform ourselves into the image of Christ. His flesh becomes our flesh, his blood become our blood. Essential to understanding the Eucharist.
 
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‘Jesus answered, "The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these’ Mark 12:29-31
 
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On the contrary, it sums up the gospel quite perfectly!. Eating the flesh and drinking the blood is symbolic of our transformation into the image of Christ. What more is there for a Christian to do?
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This is true. Our faith is all about intimate communion with God first above all else. This is essentially the relationship that Adam scorned and rejected, and that man needs in order to be in a state of justice. Here’s another passage that applies, among others that have been listed here:
"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me." John 15:4
 
I would go for:

He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” (Lk. 10:27 NAB)

Mt and Mk have similar views but not in one verse.

The Hebrew Bible also shares these views.

Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength. (Deut. 6:5 NAB)

Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. (Lev. 19:18 NAB)
 
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”. Matt 16:16
 
Dan_Defender said:
‘Jesus answered, "The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these’ Mark 12:29-31
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Agreed.

When Jesus spent his time on Earth, he could do nothing greater than live by these commandments. But how did Jesus love all his neighbours as he loves himself? How did Jesus hold out his hands on the cross and still love the man with the hammer? Yet it is my sins that also banged in these nails; I am left with the feeling we should give something back.
 
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I would go for:

He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” (Lk. 10:27 NAB)

Mt and Mk have similar views but not in one verse.

The Hebrew Bible also shares these views.

Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength. (Deut. 6:5 NAB)

Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. (Lev. 19:18 NAB)
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This is true. And the New Covenant provides the means to fulfill it!
 
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“A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”
 
1Corinthians 1:21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,

23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
 
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