Reflection April 7, 2016
The gospel of John points to the relationship that Jesus is the waiting groom who has come to the world for the love that God has for all peoples.
There is a relationship that requires the love and that’s not an easy thing to do in our world. We have a difficult time attaching ourselves to love because the love of the world can be vulnerable and may hurt us. We have this distance about love that makes it difficult to enter into an unconditional love relationship.
Marriages may not work, friends may betray our trust, but if we go deeper into the relationship that Jesus offers us we will never be disappointed.
“The Father has given the Son everything” is a statement of Love. Jesus allows us access to all of that Love and all we have to do is trust and believe that He will do what’s best for us.
If we find ourselves in competition in regard to living the gospel we betray the Love of Jesus.
This isn’t about making sure we let everyone know we make cookies for the homeless or for the parish breakfast, it’s about making sure our actions are motivated by the Love that Jesus has for us and we do it for the groom of the Church.
If I wash dishes for the Love of Jesus than I have hit the mark, if I do it to show off or to hurt someone else, I have grossly mismanaged my responsibility and Love that Jesus gave me.
Relationships are vulnerable and Jesus will never betray or misuse that relationship.
Put Jesus at the center of all things and do all things for Him that came to the world to show us the face of God.
Be Jesus for everyone we meet and we will never betray the Love Jesus has for our world.
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