Alleluia, alleluia!
I give you a new commandment:
love one another as I have loved you.
Alleluia!
Today's Gospel Acclamation is a clarion call to the Church, heralding the preeminent characteristic of a follower of Jesus. Above all, I am to love others.
The parable of the Good Samaritan shows that I am called to love those who are hard to love, even my enemies.
This I cannot do on my own. But it's not impossible. My help comes from Jesus himself. He doesn't set me up to fail. He wants me to succeed, especially as an extravagant lover, a pourer of wine and oil.
Jesus, help me love the unlovely, extravagantly as you love me.
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