Gospel: John 15:9-17
Jesus said to his
disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If
you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my
Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
I have told you this
so that my joy may be in you and your joy might be complete. 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.
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Reflection:
Have you been in
love? Many of us have fallen in love already and many have fallen out of love
also. For those who are still in love up to this very day. Say for example to
your spouse no matter the hurts and
pains. The love that you have in your heart is somewhat near to the love of
God.
The love of God is a
love that does not discriminate. It is a love that welcomes everyone who
desires His love. It does not look at the physical attributes and the social
standing of a person. Neither does it look at the moral fitness of the one that
desires His love. For the love of God is a love that restores and heals.
In the gospel, Jesus
commands us, “love one another as I love you (John 15:12).” Here lies the
challenge for all of us because if God’s love is encompassing our love for our
fellowmen should be encompassing also. We should be capable of loving even
those who’ve hurt us and those who do not love us in return. If we truly love
Jesus, we have no other choice but to love like Jesus.
Today is Mother’s
day, how does a mother loves? A mother’s love is like Jesus love for us because
her love for her children is encompassing also. A Mother will love her child
without pre- condition a mother will love her child no matter who the child may
become someday.
How do you express
your love? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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