WE ARE NOT SLAVES BUT FRIENDS OF JESUS

Friday of the Fifth week of Easter Year C John 15:12-17 We are reminded today to love one another. This is a command not an option therefore it requires a total obedience. The greatest proof of love was exemplified by Jesus. He did it by dying on the cross. He died in the name of love. Friends when you choose to love, do it without measure, love without conditions. Loving means committing to it without guarantee. You know what, the best and the greatest way to love is to die for someone you love. “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” Loving to the point of death is possible only if we only develop genuine friendship. “You are my friends if you do what I command you.” Are you willing to offer your life for others? Finally, the gospel reminds us that we are not slaves but friends of Jesus. Let us reciprocate this love by observing the Lord’s command. In our first reading there are certain ordinances we need to keep as a sign of promoting our love to God. One among them is “abstaining from unlawful marriage.” If you abstain from doing wickedness, you will do well because the Father will give you whatever you ask Him in Jesus’ name. Friends, love is not using others for personal satisfaction. Love is dying for others. The Lord is telling us today to love people not to hurt them. We are told to love one another not used one another. Love one another do not rob one another. Love is who you are! Blessings Fr. Jhack