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 might 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
as well. For those who are still in love up to this very day, say for example
to your spouse notwithstanding 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 for it
doesn’t discriminate. 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. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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