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Love as Christ Loved: A Higher Standard
The Homily examines the commandment of Jesus: “Love one another as I have loved you.”
It emphasizes that Christian love must mirror the selfless, sacrificial love of Christ, not merely be based on human sentiment or self-interest. Often, people believe they are acting in love, but if not rooted in the example of Jesus’ love, their actions may unintentionally cause harm . . . like the story of the boys who “rescued” a fish from water, killing it out of misguided compassion.
The Homily also urges believers to first experience and understand God’s love personally, because only then can they authentically share it with others. It also ties this concept to the selection of St. Matthias, who was chosen because he had witnessed Jesus’ life and love firsthand, qualifying him to pass it on.
The audio concludes with a sobering reminder from St. John of the Cross: in the end, we will be judged by love . . . God’s kind of love, not the world’s.
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Love as Christ Loved: A Higher Standard
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A Quote from the Homily
Therefore, today the most important thing is do I feel the love of God in my life? Have I felt this love of God in my life and it is this feeling of the love of God. It is this learning of the love of God that will help us to extend so that we should love others better as Jesus wills, as Jesus wants.
Otherwise, what we do is we love other people as we want, and sometimes, and most of the times it’s poisonous.
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Jesus Christ: German Artist and Painter: Heinrich Hoffman: 1894
Oil painting currently resides in The Riverside Church, New York City.
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Gospel Reading: John 15: 9-17
First Reading: Acts 1: 15-17, 20-26
The Homily examines the commandment of Jesus: “Love one another as I have loved you.”
It emphasizes that Christian love must mirror the selfless, sacrificial love of Christ, not merely be based on human sentiment or self-interest. Often, people believe they are acting in love, but if not rooted in the example of Jesus’ love, their actions may unintentionally cause harm . . . like the story of the boys who “rescued” a fish from water, killing it out of misguided compassion.
The Homily also urges believers to first experience and understand God’s love personally, because only then can they authentically share it with others. It also ties this concept to the selection of St. Matthias, who was chosen because he had witnessed Jesus’ life and love firsthand, qualifying him to pass it on.
The audio concludes with a sobering reminder from St. John of the Cross: in the end, we will be judged by love . . . God’s kind of love, not the world’s.
Listen to this Meditation Media. Listen to:
Love as Christ Loved: A Higher Standard
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A Quote from the Homily
Therefore, today the most important thing is do I feel the love of God in my life? Have I felt this love of God in my life and it is this feeling of the love of God. It is this learning of the love of God that will help us to extend so that we should love others better as Jesus wills, as Jesus wants.
Otherwise, what we do is we love other people as we want, and sometimes, and most of the times it’s poisonous.
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Jesus Christ: German Artist and Painter: Heinrich Hoffman: 1894
Oil painting currently resides in The Riverside Church, New York City.
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Gospel Reading: John 15: 9-17
First Reading: Acts 1: 15-17, 20-26
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