Acts 10:
25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1John. 4: 7-10; John 15: 9-17
God doesn’t discriminate the people because he loves and in
the love there is no discrimination. God accept all those who worship him and
live the fraternity. Adoration and fraternity are correlates and those who
worship him in this way, they worship in Spirit and in the truth. The Spirit
came down upon those who were listening to the Word of God, through the mouth
of Peter, confirming that God treats all on equal level. Before God nobody has
more dignity than others. God doesn’t promote privilege and doesn’t accept prominence,
but expect commitment with his way of thinking and acting. The justification for
that way is his free love for all.
St. John in his letter makes invitation to reciprocal love
because the love come from God and those who love, they know God. So, to love
is to know. To know in the bible is not an intellectual experience but
experience of intimacy. God knows because he loves. To know God is to love him,
performing with him an intimate experience. God is love and so loved the humanity
that sent his only Son as supreme expression of this love in order to teach the
people how to love truly. From this experience we got life because only the
love generates life and only those who accept to be involved in this
relationship of love between the Father and the Son, experience new life.
“The Son loved us
just the Father loves the Son”. This text makes part of the message of
departure of Jesus. The content is his inheritance, what he had as essential to
leave for those who should continue his mission. The essential of the teachings
of Jesus is the love. The love has his source in God because God is love and
loves the Son. The presence of the Son among the human beings made this love
known. The love is the essence of God; it is the reason of his communion. The
human beings are fruit of this communion and are invited to involve themselves
in the same communion, remaining in the love of Christ. The condition to remain
in his love is to live his teachings, that is, to love one another just as he
loved us and gave himself for us. Jesus is not forced to love us. On the
contrary, his love is expression of all his joy: joy of his communion with the
Father, joy of being among the human beings, joy of choosing men as
collaborators in his mission, joy of giving the life for them. Sharing his love
with us Jesus fills our life with intense joy because for him love and joy walk
together. Like this, only the one who love truly is happy really.
The love is the reason of the salvation of the world,
because it was for love that the Son of God lay down his life. According to
Jesus the value of a true friendship is measured by the ability to give the
life for love. Jesus is our friend because did this well. He chose us and
appointed us to go and to bear much fruit and fruit which endures. We’ll be his
friends if we have courage of loving like him. He identifies himself with those
who are sent in his name. This identification is fruit of his love in us,
because is proper of the love to create identity and sense of belonging. If we
remain united to him we will be people of communion and able to promotes
communion in our communities. It is the first testimony we have to bear: “See
how they love one another”! It was the comment about the First Christians. Their
love was expressed through the mutual acceptance, sharing, perseverance in
prayer together and simplicity of heart. Is it our life expression of what we
believe? How can the daily life of our communities express better this reality
of the First Christian Communities?
Besides of generating communion
in the community, the love open us to other people outside, who need also to be
welcomed. Those who love truly don’t discriminate the people, and are attentive
to special situations, learning from God who loves all, but loves with priority
the poor and powerless ones. Like this also the mother loves all her children,
but has special care for the sick one. So, let us think about our love for
those who need more in the community.
Fr Ndega
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