5/6/18: 6th Sunday of Easter: Love is not a Feeling

Today's 2nd Reading and Gospel are totally about love. Jesus affirms God's love for him, his love for us, and the mandate that we love one another. But what does it mean for us to love one another? Does it mean that we have to have warm and fuzzy feelings for everybody? And if I don't have positive feelings towards everybody, what does that mean? Today we are reminded that love is not a feeling but willing the good for the other. This is how God loves us -- always giving us in life what is good for us, even when it is hard or costs us. And this is how God wants us to love each other.

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