Many things we do not to forget, just like the people of Israel knew how easy it was to forget, the Rev. Jerry Rogers of the Sacred Heart Church Wilton in Bemidji said according to the church bulletin.

"The Lord God had called them into a covenant of love," Rogers said, the bulletin reported. "That covenant was expressed in the commandments. These commandments were not something they were to hear once and then file away."

Rogers wrote that the commandments were to be fixed in their minds and taught to all. They were to be remembered and posted in their homes.

"By doing all of this, God was hoping that Israel would never forget," Rogers said. "Today's Gospel begins with yet another attempt by the Pharisees to get Jesus to screw up. They post this question in an attempt to trap him: 'Teacher, which commandment of the law is the greatest?'"

Rogers writes that love is the most important and to love God with all of our energies and talents, as well as loving our neighbors.

Rogers writes that the Golden Rule is also key.

"Much of the violence and hateful things we deal out to others is just an overflow of our own self-hatred," Rogers writes. "More often than not we strike out blindly at others from our own inner pain."

Rogers said to remember that we are God's beloved and that we are to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Rogers also writes that self-esteem is also important.

"Positive self-esteem is important because when people experience it they feel lovable and capable, they are effective and productive and they respond to other people and themselves in health, positive, affirming ways," Rogers said. "People who have positive self-esteem don't have to build themselves up by tearing other people down."

Rogers wrote to affix in your minds and impress upon your children that the reason Jesus came to earth was to proclaim the gospel and that he loved his children unconditionally.