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
would 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 other’s leg downward. And there would
be jealousy, arrogance 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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