A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”
In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells his disciples that those who love him will keep his commandments and that the Father will love them and they will make their home with them. He also says that the Holy Spirit will teach them all things and remind them of everything Jesus has said to them. That same Holy Spirit is active today in instructing all who observe Jesus’ commandments and in making oneself a temple that is fit for the Holy Spirit.
God, help me hear and understand Jesus’ words, his promise of love and protection to those who follow his commandments. Sustain me with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit—the love between you and your Son—to guide and instruct me. Lord, I know you love me unconditionally. Help me choose to do right, to live in your truth, and to love you in return for the sake of your glory.
From the responsorial psalm, we pray: “Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to your name give glory because of your mercy, because of your truth.”
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.