Gospel: 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.”
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Reflection:
What will happen if the love of Jesus is present in
the family? There would be no conflict, no arrogance, no dominant behavior and
no misunderstanding. There would also be forgiveness and humility. All of these
factors are present because of the presence of the love of Jesus.
Let us say that we take away the love of Jesus, surely
we will have conflict inside the family. This is brought about by arrogance,
domination, infidelity, lies and so forth.
When Jesus commanded His disciples to love one another
as He loved them (John 15:12). He envisioned harmony, forgiveness, trust and
everything that is good for His disciples.
This is for the reason that Jesus wanted His disciples to become successful
in their mission of evangelization.
Jesus perfectly knew that without love that originates
from Him the disciples will not become successful in their mission. Their
efforts would simply be in vain because they will simply be pulling each others
leg downward. And there would be jealousy and misunderstanding among His
disciples. Therefore there would be failure of their mission of evangelization.
We too will not become successful in our mission for
Jesus and we will not have harmony inside the family. Unless we learn to imbibe
and live this love commandment of Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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