Food for thought: (Bulletin 17 May 2026), Gospel: Jn 17: 1-11 

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Food for Thought & Bulletin

(17 May 2026)

​​“Models of Love” 

The Gospels speak of Jesus giving his disciples a new commandment:  that they love one another as He has loved.  To love as Jesus loved is no easy task.  We are all influenced by our own likes or dislikes - our own preferences or prejudices.  Easy or not, this is how others will know that we are His followers.  The God who is Love has commanded us to love in the same manner.

By commanding us to love, Jesus asks us to become instruments of something we didn't fully expect and of something we can never fully understand.  We have models to guide us: our own mothers, His mother, Holy Mother Church.  But it is up to us to begin the journey.

That's the journey we are taking. That's the work we are to do. That's the kingdom this resurrected and now-ascended Jesus has promised to all of us.  And we also have His promise that the Spirit will be making the journey with us.