When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is
the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in
him, God will also glorify him in himself, and God will glorify him at once. My
children, I will be with you only a little while longer. I give you a new
commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one
another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love
for one another.”
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Reflection:
An old man who was about to die said to his
children: In a few hours I know that I would be leaving you already. Since I
have no material treasures to bequeath upon you. What I would be giving you is
my love. My love that knows no bounds and this same love I want you all to have
in your hearts as well.
Love is always easy to give when we receive love
in return. But what if we don’t receive love? What if instead of receiving love
we instead receive condemnation and hatred? Can we still give out love if what
we get is hatred and condemnation?
In the gospel, the Lord commands His apostles
to love each other because He would soon be leaving them. The Lord wants His
apostles to love each other as He loved them. But the apostles were humans
subject to their own frailties, from time to time they would be committing offenses
against each other.
Notwithstanding their weaknesses the apostles
soldiered onto their mission of evangelization. And they all achieved success,
except for Judas who betrayed Jesus. Why did they achieve success? Because they
lived to the hilt the command of Jesus to love each other.
Would you also follow and live to the hilt this
love commandment of the Lord? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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