Six Sunday of Easter- year A

LOVE ONE ANOTHER 

 Today we celebrate the new commandment of our Lord Jesus Christ who says, "As I have loved you, you should love one another". Yes, Love fulfills all other commandments of our Creator. We will be known as Christians by our love. Only out of love, God sent His Son to us and only out of love, Jesus died on the Cross for us. Where there is love, there is God. And we are here to know the presence of God by loving one another. 

 1. In early days, while the Roman emperors enjoyed watching the circus events in which Christians were tortured and killed by lions, gladiators, said to each other, "see how these Christians love each other". Even in the face of great danger, Christians still had time to support each other. The followers of Christ did everything with Christian love. When Mother Theresa went to India to begin her mission, she didn't take with her money or any other material thing but Christ's love. The way she talked about divine love, people who were not Christians came to her to listen. She talked about self-sacrificing love and a giving and generous love, yes Christ's love. Because she rooted her faith in the new commandment of Christ. 

  

  

2. Once Napoleon was told that a new preacher came to his city and wanted to preach to his people. Then Napoleon said to his men, "I will let his preach, If he would preach about God's love like Jesus, if he would suffer like Jesus and die like Him on the Cross and would come back to life on the third day". For two thousand years, many tried their best to define love and its meaning and every one of them failed because they all only taught about love but our Lord Jesus Christ by dying on the Cross set an example for self-sacrificing love. If we love the  Lord, let us love like him and if we follow the Lord, let us put the love into practice. 

 3. Once a tourist said to his guide, "you have a right to be proud of your town. I was especially impressed with the number of Churches in it. The people here must love the Lord" The guide said, "Yes, of course, they may love the Lord but they sure as hell hate each other. When people fight with each other in the name of God, when they kill and destroy each other in the name of religion, then they can't be followers of Christ. 

 Conclusion: Christians are those who follow Christ. They know that all the prophets and the teaching of the testaments complete in love. When we love one another, we complete the commandment of Christ our love. Amen.