John 15:9–11
Jesus
said to his disciples, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide
in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I
have kept my Father’s commandments
and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in
you, and that your joy may be complete. This
is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has
greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my
friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer,
because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called
you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from
my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and
bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you
ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one
another.”
Reflection
How can I realize that joy and love mean the same
thing in Jesus?
Jesus wants my joy to be completed with his joy. How
can I feel his joy?