Gospel Reading – John 15:12-17
Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father. It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. This I command you: love one another.”
The Gospel of the Lord
The Mass intention is for Cyril Stevenson RIP
Reflection:
Friends in our Gospel passage today. Jesus says: “As the Father loves me”.
For me, I am sure that God the Father loves me and really cares for me. It is because his love for me is, above all, personal. God still loves and cares for me as he loves and cares for Jesus. His love for me is unparalleled.
God’s love for me does not change. “Sometimes God breaks our spirit to save our soul. Sometimes he breaks our hearts to make us whole. Sometimes he sends us failure so we can be humbled. Sometimes he sends us illness so we can take care of ourselves better. Sometimes he takes everything away from us so we can learn the value of everything we have.”
• Do I believe in God’s love for me?
• How do I remain in Gods love?
• How is God’s love complete in me?