Last week we focused on giving praise to God because He is the one from whom all blessings flow. As a response, our lives become a “Living Sacrifice”, and as we continue in Romans 12, we learn more about what it means to have the Righteousness of God applied in and through our lives. In our scripture reading today, St. Paul includes 30 little “commands” or encouragements to give us direction — and it all begins with this key point: “Let Love be genuine”.