By Eugene Chan, Ignitum Today, July 12, 2018
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.” (John 15:9-10)
Have you ever had a friend who amazed you at how selfless or giving they were? Until you met their parents and then it all became clear?
Either their parents are clearly their role models, or else it is clear that they never want to be like their parents and have chosen a different path — a path of love.
In this Gospel, we hear where Christ learnt how to love: from Our Heavenly Father.
We however, sometimes get it wrong and learn how to love from the world. A world that teaches us to “Take an eye for an eye, turn your heart into stone”.
Let us reflect then: from whom did I learn to love? What was the act/acts that proved it? How have I kept my Heavenly Father’s commandments?
