CẢM NGHIỆM SỐNG LC - CHRISTOPHER
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Mo NguyenFIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR C
15 MAY 2022
BREAKING OPEN THE WORD
ENCOURAGED BY LOVE (John 13: 31-35)
It is the theme of encouragement offered and received which binds together the readings for today. As they make their way back to Antioch, Paul and Barnabas encourage the communities they have established among the Gentiles. On their return, they give an account to the community in Antioch of the fruitful ministry in which they have been engaged.
The reading from the Apocalypse is a vision that functions to encourage, comfort, and bring hope to a group of Christians who wondered whether God’s plans for them and the world would ever reach fulfilment. Persecution had sapped their energies. Christians who had lost their initial fervour could not be blamed for wondering whether Jesus’ death and resurrection had really changed the shape of the world. John’s vision is a powerful answer to the questioning of Christians in every age.
One of the startling statements of Jesus in John’s Gospel is that it is at the moment when he is betrayed, and seemingly powerless in the face of the forces of evil, that he is glorified. No one takes Jesus’ life from him; it is freely offered out of love (John 10: 18). It is precisely this love that serves as the foundation for the life of the Church, and as the means that leads to his glorification. It is our love of one another that gives us the encouragement we need and serves as the most powerful expression of our Easter faith for others.
CHRISTOPHER MONGHAN CP
If You Are Encouraged - Philippians 2:1-4 (by Graham Kendrick) - Lyric Video:
(13) If You Are Encouraged - Philippians 2:1-4 (by Graham Kendrick) - Lyric Video - YouTube
Chúa Đỡ Nâng Con - You Raise Me Up (Hoàng Quân) David Dong:
Chúa Đỡ Nâng Con - You Raise Me Up (Hoàng Quân) David Dong - Bing video
you raise me up lyrics josh groban:
(13) you raise me up lyrics josh groban - YouTube