{"id":1885,"date":"2024-05-02T13:54:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T18:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gratitudefoundation.us\/?page_id=1885"},"modified":"2024-10-25T10:10:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T14:10:34","slug":"the-sixth-sunday-of-easter-year-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gratitudefoundation.us\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/the-sixth-sunday-of-easter-year-b\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2014The Sixth Sunday of Easter &#8211; Year B"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1885\" class=\"elementor elementor-1885\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8d22d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"79276\" data-id=\"b8d22d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99f195b\" data-eae-slider=\"7829\" data-id=\"99f195b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c77524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c77524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year B<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29335d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"85149\" data-id=\"29335d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;book&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M194,99c186.7,0.7,305-78.3,306-97.2c1,18.9,119.3,97.9,306,97.2c114.3-0.3,194,0.3,194,0.3s0-91.7,0-100c0,0,0,0,0-0 L0,0v99.3C0,99.3,79.7,98.7,194,99z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2633fe8\" data-eae-slider=\"87343\" data-id=\"2633fe8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c059b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"99c059b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac32618 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac32618\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reading I<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ce29ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ce29ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/acts\/10?25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and, falling at his feet, paid him homage. Peter, however, raised him up, saying, &#8220;Get up. I myself am also a human being.&#8221; Then Peter proceeded to speak and said, &#8220;In truth, I see that God shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him.&#8221; While Peter was still speaking these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the word. The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit should have been poured out on the Gentiles also, for they could hear them speaking in tongues and glorifying God. Then Peter responded, &#8220;Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit even as we have?&#8221; He ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-568d889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"568d889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Responsorial Psalm<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352e7ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"352e7ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/psalms\/98?1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/><em><strong>R. (cf. 2b) The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.<br \/><\/strong><\/em>Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done wondrous deeds; His right hand has won victory for him, his holy arm. <br \/><em><strong>R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.<\/strong><\/em> <br \/>The LORD has made his salvation known: in the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice. He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. <br \/><em><strong>R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God. Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands; break into song; sing praise. <br \/><em><strong>R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ffa7f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ffa7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reading II<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc15548 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"11562\" data-id=\"cc15548\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-060206b\" data-eae-slider=\"54910\" data-id=\"060206b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc261d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dc261d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/1john\/4?7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1 John 4:7-10<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87353ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87353ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alleluia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff46c7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"35265\" data-id=\"ff46c7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b74efa\" data-eae-slider=\"87680\" data-id=\"8b74efa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c71559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c71559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/john\/14?23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>John 14:23<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>R. Alleluia, alleluia.<br \/>Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord, and my Father will love him and we will come to him.<br \/>R. Alleluia, alleluia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-055ecc5\" data-eae-slider=\"42198\" data-id=\"055ecc5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc12a73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc12a73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gospel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e16f610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e16f610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/john\/15?9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>John 15:9-17<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>Jesus said to his disciples: &#8220;As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father&#8217;s commandments and remain in his love. &#8220;I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy might be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one&#8217;s life for one&#8217;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.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7016bb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7016bb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exegesis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e224d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e224d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/acts\/10?25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>Our Scripture passage from the Acts of the Apostles is preceded by the Vision of Cornelius <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/acts\/10?1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(10:1-8)<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and the Vision of Peter <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/acts\/10?9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(10:9-16)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Cornelius was a Centurian, a Roman soldier with authority. We are also told that he was a devout God-fearing man. The Roman historian Josephus writes of many Gentiles such as Cornelius who participated in the ritual life of the Jewish people including ob-servance of prayer hours and synagogue services yet lacked full membership as they remained un-circumcised. The vision of Cornelius occurs during the 3 p.m. prayer hour. The vision is simply to reach out to Peter and invite him to his home.<br \/>Peter\u2019s vision occurs the next day during the noon prayer hour. Jewish people saw themselves as the chosen people, e.g. \u201cI will be your God and you will be my people.\u201d As such they had devel-oped over the centuries a separatist attitude. They believed that it was important to avoid all that was not made clean by God. They struggled to avoid \u201ccontamination\u201d from unclean people and places. Peter is assured in his vison that God has made all his creation clean.<br \/>The vision of Cornelius, the vision of Peter and the events that follow reveal the truth that it is God\u2019s will to draw all of humanity to Himself. In the words of Peter, \u201cIn truth I see that God shows no partiality.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/acts\/10?34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(10:34)<\/strong><\/span><\/a> A few days later Peter was back in Jerusalem and recounted the expe-rience in detail to the Church. \u201cWhen they heard this, they stopped objecting and glorified God, saying, \u2018God has granted life-giving repentance to Gentiles, too.\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/acts\/11?18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(11:18)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>Our first reading today therefore highlights the universality of God\u2019s love and God\u2019s initiative in delivering His love. It also reveals the power of the Holy Spirit pouring out indiscriminately upon humanity. The font of God\u2019s love and God\u2019s life are flowing upon all. The only question is, are we open to receive it?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acdbdbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acdbdbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/psalms\/98?1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>Psalm 98 is referred to as an enthronement psalm that was used in synagogue liturgies. It is calling the people to gratitude and praise for the saving deeds of Yahweh. It includes the call for all hu-manity to join in joyful worship and for all creation to acknowledge Yahweh\u2019s rule.<em><strong>1<\/strong><\/em> The saving power of God is clear for all to see and it elicits our response.<br \/>The psalm speaks of God\u2019s steadfast love (hesed) and fidelity (emuna). The steadfast love and fi-delity of God is immutable. God is love, God is steadfast and faithful, God is Truth, and God can-not be untrue or unfaithful to His nature. This is Truth. Scripture often describes this Truth with the image of God as rock, e.g.: \u201cI love you Lord, my strength, Lord, my Rock, my fortress, my de-liverer, my God, my Rock of refuge.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/psalms\/18?2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(Ps 18:2)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, \u201cBe my Rock and refuge, my secure stronghold; for you are my Rock and fortress.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/psalms\/71?3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(Ps 71:3)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4a2a5e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d4a2a5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c46401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c46401\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>1. Brown, Fitzmyer, Murphy, The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, P.H., page 543.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e6f3db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e6f3db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/1john\/4?7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1 John 4:7-10<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>This pericope is often entitled God\u2019s love and the Christian Life. It is followed by a section enti-tled We Know God\u2019s Love through the Spirit <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/1john\/4?16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(I Jn 4:16-16a)<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and Our Confidence: Abiding in God\u2019s Love. <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/1john\/4?16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(1 Jn 4:16b-21)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>God IS Love. Like the reality that God is Being, or that God is Light, or God is Truth, or God is the Way, this concept describes a reality that is difficult to grasp with finite minds. Perhaps only enlightened by the Holy Spirit can we grasp this profound concept. God is the beginning, the arche, the first principle, and through Him all things came into being. \u201cBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blem-ish before Him. In love he destined us for adoption to Himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of His will.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/ephesians\/1?3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(Eph 1:3-5)<\/strong><\/span><\/a> We are here because it is God\u2019s will. God does not want a world without you. None of us chose to be born. It is by God\u2019s choice that each one of us is blessed with the gift of life.<br \/>God is love. German Catholic Theologian Hans Urs Von Balthasar once described the Holy Spirit as the whirl of love that bonds the Father and the Son, that cannot be contained and so bursts out into all of creation. God is love. Love makes the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit one. God has no need of creation. God wills to share His love with creation. Love is therefore the sharing of life, divine life. \u201cThe Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(Gen 2:7)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\u201cGod created man in His image, in the divine image He created him; male and female He created them.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/genesis\/1?27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(Gen 1:27)<\/strong><\/span><\/a> If God is love, and we were created in God\u2019s image, then our purpose is love. To fulfill our divine ordained purpose is to love and allow God\u2019s love to be perfected in us.<br \/>God is authentic love (agape). Authentic love by its very nature is self-giving. In his fist encyc-lical God is Love Pope Benedict XVI pointed to the cross and wrote, \u201cThis is where the defini-tion of authentic love must begin.\u201d St. John writes in the verses that follow our scripture passage today: \u201cBeloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is brought to perfection in us.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/1john\/4?11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(1 Jn 4:11-12)<\/strong><\/span><\/a> We were created in God\u2019s image. If we love, we remain in God and God remains in us. God\u2019s love is brought to perfection in us. Perfection is fulfilling the purpose for which we were created, love. As the old song goes, \u201cThey will know we are Christians by our Love.\u201d When strangers see us do they see Christ?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aab35f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6aab35f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/john\/15?9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>John 15:9-17<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>Our pericope today is the heart of the Last Supper Discourse and is a part of the beautiful Vine and Branches metaphor. The setting is the Last Supper. Jesus is sitting around the table with His disciples minus Judas. He has washed their feet, given them His Body and His Blood, and is now talking about the gift of the Holy Spirit and about abiding in His Love and about becoming fruit for the world.<br \/>There has been a gradual movement through the metaphor of the vine and branches, which intro-duced the theme of abiding (cf. vv. 4, 5a, 5b, 6, 7), into an insistence that to abide in Jesus means to abide in love (vv. 9-11). The disciples\u2019 abiding in the love of Jesus and keeping His com-mandments unites them with Jesus\u2019 response to the Father in whose love He abides, and whose commandments He keeps. Keeping the commandments of Jesus inserts the disciples into \u201cthe chain of love\u201d (cf. Segovia, Farewell 148-163).<em><strong>2<\/strong><\/em> The decision to enter into and remain in this chain of love or not, is the difference between knowing and not knowing God, between believing and not believing. Ultimately it is the difference between life and death,<br \/>Verse 11 has always intrigued me. Jesus knows what lies ahead of Him. He is about to surrender Himself to the Crucifixion. And He says, \u201cI tell you this so that My joy might be in you and your joy might be complete.\u201d Joy is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. The source is God. It is one of the fruits of abiding in God\u2019s self-giving love. True Joy can only be complete in the total emptying, the total gift of self. To abide in Christ, to put on the heart and the mind of Christ, giv-en up, poured out on the Cross is the source of true and complete joy.<br \/>Verses 12-17 can be subdivided as follows:<\/p><p>1.The commandment to love as Jesus Loved (vv. 12-14). The disciples are to respond to the command of Jesus by loving one another unto death as Jesus loved them.<\/p><p>2. Jesus\u2019 love has established a new relationship (vv. 15-16). Jesus has given His life for His friends, and thus they are no longer servants but loved and chosen ones of Jesus.<\/p><p>3. The commandment to love (v. 17). It is as friends and no longer servants that the disciples are to love one another.3<\/p><p>To love as Jesus loved is being modeled for them in the washing of the feet and in His Body and Blood being given up on the Altar of the Cross. Jesus loves without limit, without counting the cost.<br \/>It is Jesus who is choosing them as friends. Jesus has demonstrated His love for His friend in the Lazarus story <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/john\/11?3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>(Jn 11:3,11,36)<\/strong><\/span><\/a> Jesus was moved to the depth of His being, He wept for His friend, and raised him to life. The Book of Wisdom speaks of the wise as being friends of God. It is one of the gifts of Sophia, Lady Wisdom to enable us to become a friend of God. This friendship de-scribes a loving, abiding, relationship with God.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e005e0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5e005e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a58a9bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a58a9bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>2. Moloney, Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. Ed., The Gospel of John, Sacra Pagina Series, Liturgical Press, p. 422.<br \/>3. Ibid., p. 424.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f41bf79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f41bf79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reflection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d266f89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d266f89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Good News is contained in our second reading this weekend from the First Letter of St. John: \u201cIn this is love; not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as ex-piation for our sins.\u201d (1 Jn 4:10) This is called the Primacy of Grace. Everything begins with God\u2019s love. Everything is sustained in God\u2019s love. All our lives must become a response to that love.<br \/>There is a dimension to authentic agape love that most are not cognizant of. There are no limits or bounds to authentic love. For very natural reasons we look at life through the lens of our finite minds. We are taught to believe that if we give something away, we no longer have it. Not so with Spiritual fruits and gifts such as love. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The gifts of the Spirit operate under a different law, a law that Bishop Barron refers to as Spiritual physics. The more love that each one of us gives away the more love that we have to give and the more love that there is in the world. The more joy that we bring into our environments the more joy that we experience and the more joy that there is in the world. The more peace that we give away the more peace that we experience and the more peaceful our world becomes. The same can be said of all the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. God is the source and God is infinite, and so His gifts are also infinite.<br \/>When the time was right the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. God sent His only Son into our world to deliver His love to us. From the Cross God poured His love and His life upon us. There is no greater love than this. Now Jesus is calling each one of us by name and choosing us to become the manifestation of His love. We are a part of God\u2019s incarnational plan. The gifts are given indiscriminately to all who worthily seek them. God shows no partiality.<br \/>It is up to us to open our hearts in response to God\u2019s love. It is up to us to remain connected to the source of love and to become a part of the love chain. Like a branch on the vine, we must allow God\u2019s love and God\u2019s life to flow through us that we might bear fruit for the world. Like the leaves that give off life-giving oxygen, like the fruit that nourishes the world, we are called to give life and to nurture our spiritually starving world. We are an important part of God\u2019s plan. As far as I know, there is no backup plan. We are it!<br \/>Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of us Your faithful and enkindle in us the fire of Your love. Amen.<\/p><p>Your is Jesus and Mother Mary,<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-588 aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gratitudefoundation.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signature-300x77.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gratitudefoundation.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signature-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/gratitudefoundation.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signature-1024x262.png 1024w, https:\/\/gratitudefoundation.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signature-768x196.png 768w, https:\/\/gratitudefoundation.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/signature.png 1401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34bae4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34bae4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Personal Witness<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa924a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa924a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This month I celebrate the 25th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. Invariably as I have prepared homilies over the years, I have spent many hours in prayer. I always begin that prayer by asking God what He wants me to say. I ask Him to give me His words that He might speak to the people through me. The result of that prayer is that much of my preaching has been proclaiming God\u2019s amazing love. I feel that God wants me to tell people how much He loves them and tell them often. He wants everyone to know that It was He who chose them and not they who chose Him. He wants people to know that He does not want a world without them.<br \/>I have always known that God loved me, at least at an intellectual level. In my early adult life, I must confess that I did not experience God\u2019s love in my life. Looking back, I now realize just how far I had drifted from God. There is a common adage in spiritual jargon that says, if you don\u2019t feel God in your life, guess who moved. I \u201cmoved\u201d by simply being preoccupied with worldly pursuits. As I strayed further and further from God my heart became hardened. Over time I had placed a protective shield around my heart such that I was not letting God in, or anyone else for that matter, and in someways even myself. In that emptiness I found myself existing and not really living.<br \/>There was something missing in my life, and I didn\u2019t know what it was. I was starving for love, authentic love. A dear Christian friend of mine saw in me what I could not see. He en-couraged me to attend a Cursillo Retreat weekend. With a lot of prayers and his persistence I begrudgingly attended. For the first time in many years, I turned to God with all my heart. In a moment of Grace, the shield around my heart melted, the Holy Spirit rushed in, and I felt the embrace of God\u2019s love as never before in my life. It was like my life changed from a black and white movie to reality in high-definition technicolor. My life was changed forever. God\u2019s love was once again abiding in me.<br \/>That experience led me to kneel before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. My faith and my life became vividly clear to me. The entirety of our Catholic Faith is True. The prom-ise of eternal life is real. I knew at that moment that I was to become a priest. It was some-thing that I had not seriously considered before. It was like God was revealing to me my true calling, my true purpose and even my true identity.<br \/>My first reaction was, \u201cWhy me?\u201d I was really questioning my worthiness. I remained awake all night thinking of reasons why I had no business being a priest. The words of Peter kept echoing in my mind, \u201cDepart from me Lord I am a sinful man.\u201d As the Spirit would have it the Gospel for this weekend was proclaimed at morning prayer. I heard Jesus talking directly to me, \u201cIt was not you who chose Me, but I who chose you.\u201d It was, still is, and always will be, the most humbling experience of my life. I heard the same words as Peter heard, \u201cCome follow me.\u201d<br \/>Each one of us is being chosen, called, and sent by Jesus to bear fruit in our world. We are all a part of God\u2019s plan for the continued flow of His life and His love into creation. All things came into being and are sustained in being through Jesus, the Word made flesh. We are His body here on earth. He is the vine, and we are branches of that vine. Together we make up His Body, His Church. United to the source of all that is we are united to all that is. 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