Day 271: Love of God

The Council of Trent teaches that the Ten Commandments are obligatory for Christians and that the justified man is still bound to keep them; The Second Vatican Council confirms: "The bishops, successors of the apostles, receive from the Lord . . . the mission of teaching all peoples, and of preaching the Gospel to every creature, so that all men may attain salvation through faith, Baptism and the observance of the Commandments." CCC 2068

In today's reading, the Catechism discusses the love of God & the Ten Commandments, as well as provides an In Brief to review what has been covered over the past few days. The Decalogue gives us obligations to God and our neighbor, with grace and charity at the heart of both, which none of us can turn away from. They are "accessible to reason alone," but became obscured due to our sin and thus were revealed to us directly (CCC 2071). Of such fundamental importance does the Decalogue have to us that they were "engraved by God in the human heart" (CCC 2072).

The Catechism Companion Vol III has some good commentary on this:

The Ten Commandments are not just arbitrary dictates or suggestions. The two groups of commandments are connected. If we are to give glory to the Lord God, then we also need to love our neighbor, and when we love our neighbor, we are giving glory to God... The commandments challenge our preconceived ideas and our will. We need to be reminded that apart from Jesus, we can do none of this. We absolutely need Jesus and his help and the power of the Holy Spirit in order to move forward. God will never command us to do something that we are unable to do or ask of us anything that is impossible. "What God commands he makes possible by his grace" (CCC 2082). (p. 58) 

Finally, this video with Fr. Mark-Mary is recommended: