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, there would be 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. And this could only be
possible if they love one another.
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, share and live this love
commandment of Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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