As we move
through tonight’s meditation on the Gospel I invite you to reflect on the
humility and love of the Christ during the periods of silence---
True love
cannot exist, a true love for one’s
neighbor cannot exist without the greatest commandment: “You shall Love the
Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind”
Jesus “knew he came from God and that it was now
time for him to return to God”. Though it all the Christ was completely,
fully, grounded in God, which means he was completely, absolutely, free. This
allowed him to love fully, this
allowed him to be love because he
was beyond self-centered attachments and judgement
.......
True love
cannot exist without deep humility
Jesus takes the position of a slave when he
bows to wash the feet of the disciples. He knows that where there is the search
for power, for position, there is separatism. As long as each of us is
concerned with our own position and power our culture will be the outcome of a
process of segregation. Jesus is betrayed, is rejected—for he is outside of the
pattern of society and so society regards him as a threat.
.......
True love
cannot exist where there is discrimination
He is
humble—he is nothing. He washes all of
the disciples’ feet, including Judas’--he
loves all—he loves like a bird loves the sky or like the rain loves the dry
earth—simply, without thought, without self
.........
True love
cannot exist where there is self-centeredness
The Christ calls
us out of our old selves, he sends us
out to love one another the way he loves
us—with no possessiveness, without conditions, without a hidden motive, without
a need for gratification.
.......
True love
cannot exist, a true love for one’s
neighbor cannot exist, without the greatest commandment: “You shall love
the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
mind.”
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