Monday of 5th
Week of Easter: Reflection
Reading:
Jn. 14:21-26
There is on
other way to tell Jesus that we love Him than to keep his words, and there is
no better way to convince the world that we belong to Jesus than to live as he
taught us to live. These facts are at the heart of the gospel of today.
In today’s
gospel, Jesus told his disciples: “He who has my commandments and keeps them,
he it is who loves me…if a man loves me, he will keep my word.”
Friends in
Christ, what will convince the world that we are followers of Christ is not only
the number of times we shout alleluia on the street, or how beautiful we dance
awilo in churches, or the number of ministries or pilgrimage sites we visit, or
the number of holy pictures we post online, or the sacramentals we hang on our
necks and wrists, or the number of amen we post online. While these little gestures are important, they will fail to convince the world that we are
Christians if our actions especially in our relationship with people do not
reflect the teachings of Christ.
Dear
friends, if we keep Christ’s words, we will not only convince the world that we
belong to Jesus, we will also become the abode of Jesus and the Father, as
Jesus promised us in today’s gospel. Consider what our lives will be like when
we have the fullness of God’s presence in us.
The
virginity and spiritual life of St Catherine of Siena, whose memorial the Church celebrates today, should inspire us to love
and serve Jesus with everything in us.
May God
bless your new week. Amen.
Fr Isaac
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