Easter Wk 6th: Sunday 9th May, 2021 May 9, 2021
Reflection on the WORD
Jesus’ Personal Love: In today’s Gospel, Jesus says to His disciples, “I shall not call you servants any more . . . I call you friends.” Jesus also wants to love us personally as “His friends”. So, let us value this divine gift and nurture it as Jesus reminds us, “Keep My Commandments and remain in My Love.”
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John 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As the Father has loved me, so I have loved 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 own joy may be in you and your joy be complete. This is my commandment: love one another, as I have loved you.
‘I shall not call you servants any more, because a servant does not know the master's business; I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father. You did not choose me, no, I chose you; and I commissioned you to go out and to bear fruit, fruit that will last; and then the Father will give you anything you ask him in my name. What I command you is to love one another.’
Today's Pointers on God's Word
As you read the passage what words, phases or meanings caught your attention?
- •The love between the Father and Son is so intense and intimate that both of them think and act as one perfect divine union, in the Spirit.
- •Jesus loves each of us personally and intensely even though our love for Him in return is often fickle, frivolous and unfaithful.
- •However, Jesus continues to have the infinite patience and mercy to nurture our love for Him. “Lord Jesus, you chose us to bear fruit; fruit that will last. Nourish us with your graces so that we may love others more fully.”