Today's Mass Readings
✝️The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul. He guides me in right paths for his name's sake. Even though I walk in the dark valley, I fear no evil; for you are at my side.
"As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I have called you friends."
Christ does not ask us to admire him from a distance. He calls us friends — and friendship has stakes. To remain in his love is not a feeling but a fidelity, a returning. When prayer goes dry, when service costs, when the path seems unclear, the answer is the same: remain.
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