“Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.” – Pope Saint John Paul II: (1920 –2005: was Pope from 1978 to 2005. He is called by some Catholics Saint John Paul the Great)
Gospel
Text: (JN 15:12-17)
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."
Jesus had a profound understanding of
human nature and had to settle many a conflict among his disciples. His
solution was sacrificing self by means of Love. “No one has greater love than
this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13) Jesus never lost
confidence in loving us! May we continue to believe that Love Overcomes All!
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