I have long celebrated the giving of the New Commandment.
I am always drawn to the phrase: Love one another as I have loved you.
The part that is beyond me is the 2nd part: “as I have loved you.”
More than anything else the contemplation of those words humbles me.
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**The part that is beyond me is the 2nd part: “as I have loved you.”
More than anything else the contemplation of those words humbles me.**
But it wasn’t beyond God the Father and God the Son.
Holy Spirit be with us and guide us to Love One Another as Christ Has Loved Us.
Our priest said this evening that when Jesus gave that Commandment, he also gave His followers the power to obey it, in His Spirit, through His presence dwelling in us. He said that in Christ, becoming Christlike, we really could love as He did ... love the unlovable, love the people who hate us, love the people we least want to love ... and not simply act the part.
I was baby-wrassling, so I may have missed a key point or two, but I caught that much!