“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love." (John 15:9)
Unconditional Love defines God, for He is Love. There is no virtue that can describe God other than this.; for every other virtues is immersed in the virtue of love.
In the language of the world, the term love is used most often conditionally either to get a favour or to lure one's attention. Then after gaining the desired interest, the said love that was used is being thrown into thrash can. But here, God Himself through His Son has given us today an old letter with new meaning about love when He said: As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love." (John 15:9)
In the opening part of the today's gospel pericope, Evangelist John gave an account of our Lord defining Himsself as: "Love." Here Our Lord Jesus Christ who is one with the Father is love; for God our Father is Love (cf. I John 4:8).
Beloved in Christ, what is our definition of love? Is it a conditional or unconditional virtue ? Let us look through the Word of our Lord today who defines Himself as "Love" and at the same time invites us to abide in Him. Abiding in Him requires a conscientious effort in living out the Word of the gospel with one another. We cannont actually say, we abide in Christ's love and then we hate one another, keeping malice, bearing false witness, coverting neighbour's properties, lying etc.
As we match on in our spiritual journey let language of love be manifested in our lives as true followers of Christ. Let the word "love" goes beyond our lips, but be manifested in our lives. Keeping in mind that it was out of love that the Father set His Son as a ransom for our sinfulness.
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