Daily Reflections

This God, who is the creator of all, who is“not far from any of us.” A God who cannot be fashioned from anything of the earth, be it gold or silver, but rather is one who is always present. The great I AM.

Today’s gospel reading from the Chapter 16 of John’s gospel is a continuation of a series of chapters entitled Last Supper Discourses that are inserted between the end of the Last Supper in Chapter 13 and the arrest of Jesus in Chapter 18. 

The promise Jesus made to his disciples the night before he died is the promise he extends to us. When we are baptized, we are baptized in the Trinity, and like the Trinity we are united in community.

Throughout this Easter season, then, as people sealed with the Holy Spirit, we need to examine how well we’re living up to those responsibilities and challenges. How are we allowing the Spirit to show up in us? 

Love one another as I love you. This is my commandment. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

The stranger who is hungry, unhoused, unwell or otherwise troubled is more than just a passing moment in my life. They have a complete story of their own and are every bit a child of God!

God, thank you for the joys in our lives and for life itself.

As St John quotes Jesus in today’s Gospel, He is the vine. When we all abide in Christ and he abides in all of us we bear much fruit.

While often difficult, we are called to remain steadfast in the knowledge that Jesus is with us on this journey.

The more God is all in all for us, the more we reveal His love in Jesus Christ, and the more the world hears the Good News.