Shik Rot Npwe - Sunday Synopsis with Fr. Justine J. Dyikuk Fifth Sunday of Easter: Year C - April 24, 2016.
Readings: Acts 14:21b -27; Responsorial Psalm Ps 145:8-13 (R.v.1); Revelations 21:1-5a; Gospel John 13:31-33a, 34-35.
Theme: Lessons of love
This Sunday’s liturgy calls us to seek ways of making the love of God and neighbour come alive in our families, places of work/business, church and larger society. The love of God was made visible in Christ, Jesus – Little wonder, after eating with his disciples, Jesus invited them to embrace a new commandment of love as we read in the gospel (John 13:31-33a, 34-35). Like a seed of mustard, this love is supposed to spread its tentacles to people of every tribe, people and nation under the earth.
This new commandment is free and penniless. It is a call to break down the barriers that divide humanity in terms of race, colour, sex/gender or nationality. By insisting that we should love as he has loved us, Jesus introduces us into an mutual covenantal-relationship with him. The only prove that we love God whom we cannot see is that we should love him in our brothers and sisters especially those at the margins of society – the sick, the aged, refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) et al.
