love

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Eastertide Sunday 6C, 22 May 2022: John 14:23-29

If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. We are in the Last Supper discourse of Jesus, as recorded by St. John. Twice already, in the previous few verses (14:15,21), though always in slightly different words, Jesus has spoken of the link between loving him and keeping his commandments. If you love me, you will keep my commandments, my instructions, my word.