John 15:12–17
Jesus said to his disciples, “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved 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 do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”
Reflection
• It is easy for us all to love God. Our problem is difficult to love my brothers and sisters. How do I see this commandment of Jesus to love one another?
• Can I feel the gentleness of Jesus when asking us to love one another because of his friendship?