Remain in God and shine in the world! Mass Readings (click here)
In this second farewell speech, Jesus invites us to stand firm amidst the world. The enthusiasm of the first witnesses, eventually succeeds the test of time. If it is not always easy to "abide in God" in our daily lives, perhaps because we rely too much on our own forces.
There is a certain order to build a Christian life. If we start saying: "We must love our neighbor is the only important thing," we will achieve nothing, because everyone understands love in its own way as he did not endorse the mind of Christ. It puts limits, conditions, restrictions, is inevitable. We are ready to forgive to the extent that the other does the same. Our love is measured according to the mood or, at least according to what is considered humanly possible.
But in today's Gospel, Jesus asks us to begin to share his thoughts. This is the meaning of the phrase "keep my commandments." You want to stay in God? Well, think big! See how God! Would holiness aim for the perfection of love in daily life.
Only here! To embark on such an adventure, it must take root, connect to the source, otherwise we may well fall back into old habits. course, many will say that this is utopian, it's pretty naive. But, if by so doing, we recognize that we are in truth and that before God we have the heart at peace, it will matter little to be vilified, judged or ridiculed.
We need love "in deed and in truth." A love that is confirmed by concrete action, which seeks to grow, ahead, to heal, to build. In a word: should our profession of faith in God through love of neighbor. Saint John
we summarized perfectly: "This is his commandment: have faith in His Son Jesus Christ, and we love each other ... He who is faithful to His commandments abides in God, and God in him. "
In this second farewell speech, Jesus invites us to stand firm amidst the world. The enthusiasm of the first witnesses, eventually succeeds the test of time. If it is not always easy to "abide in God" in our daily lives, perhaps because we rely too much on our own forces.
There is a certain order to build a Christian life. If we start saying: "We must love our neighbor is the only important thing," we will achieve nothing, because everyone understands love in its own way as he did not endorse the mind of Christ. It puts limits, conditions, restrictions, is inevitable. We are ready to forgive to the extent that the other does the same. Our love is measured according to the mood or, at least according to what is considered humanly possible.
But in today's Gospel, Jesus asks us to begin to share his thoughts. This is the meaning of the phrase "keep my commandments." You want to stay in God? Well, think big! See how God! Would holiness aim for the perfection of love in daily life.
Only here! To embark on such an adventure, it must take root, connect to the source, otherwise we may well fall back into old habits. course, many will say that this is utopian, it's pretty naive. But, if by so doing, we recognize that we are in truth and that before God we have the heart at peace, it will matter little to be vilified, judged or ridiculed.
We need love "in deed and in truth." A love that is confirmed by concrete action, which seeks to grow, ahead, to heal, to build. In a word: should our profession of faith in God through love of neighbor. Saint John
we summarized perfectly: "This is his commandment: have faith in His Son Jesus Christ, and we love each other ... He who is faithful to His commandments abides in God, and God in him. "
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