15/05/2022
« Behold, I make all things new ».The New commandment, the New World, the New Community.
(...)Jesus has given us the insight and power to transform everything in our lives by practicing agápe love in our interactions with people. It is through this constant love-centered interaction among us that the “new earth, the new Heaven, and the new Jerusalem” can begin to come into existence – not at some unknown future time and in some other place, but here and now. In this second reading, taken from Revelation, John shares a vision of nuptial love. When all the former things have passed away and sin and evil are completely overcome, God will welcome the redeemed as a husband welcomes a bride. The love and life that they will share will preclude tears, pain, crying out, mourning and death.
In fact, the coming of Jesus into the world is the signal of a new world order, a new world where God lives among his people. The death of Christ for us and his resurrection is the high point of what we called « God-with-them ». Let us remember that during the triduum in the Holy Week, we have celebrated the institution of the Eucharist and the Priesthood which is the sign of Christ’s presence among his people under the appearances of bread and wine and the priesthood as the institution of his priestly role among the flock to continue his work on earth. That is the beginning of the new earth. The aim is to wipe away the tears of the people that the fall of Adam and Eve has brought about. Once that is achieved, there will be no more death since he has conquered death by his dying on the cross and there will be no more mourning and sadness. God is making the whole of creation new. The missionary work which started with the Apostles as seen in the first reading of today is to bring this message to the ends of the world and to baptise them into the life of the Trinity to make the kingdom come as we pray daily in the Lord’s prayer. What is your own contribution to the making of the new world.
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Nowadays, love is a common word today is everyone’s dictionary, but how do we practice that love? Take only a moment to listen to music. Nowadays, people do not love one each other. It is said that…