'That my joy may be in you . . .' Sunday Reflections, 6th Sunday of Easter Year B
The Last Supper, El Greco, c.1568
Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA)
Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa)
Gospel John 15:9-17 (Revised Standard Version – Catholic Edition)
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you;
abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just
as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I
have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be
complete.
‘This is my commandment, that you love one another
as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No
longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is
doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father
I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed
you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that
whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. This I command
you, to love one another.’
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