One of the main theme’s of the first letter of John is the love of God. The author tells us today that we are called to love one another because God loves us so much. Notice that today’s passage does not tell us overtly to love God back because of God’s great love for us, but rather the real meaning of God’s love for us is to pass on that love to our brothers and sisters. God already has love in him in boundless abundance. And this to hard to do at times, isn’t it?
God is truly present in our acts of love to our brothers and sisters; we can truly be transformed by those acts of love. God is also present in us through our faith in Jesus and in our commitment to Jesus as our savior and redeemer, as our reading states, “Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God.” It is this love of God that leads me and guide me in all I do as a priest, in the way I minister to my parishioners and those in need. As disciples of Christ, this love should be the center of our lives of faith, the center of our actions.
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