May 9, 2021
Sixth Sunday of Easter
A Reading from the Gospel of John
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love 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 might 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 no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another.”
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love 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 might 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 no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another.”
Family Faith Sharing
Theme: Love one another.
Step One: Listen to the Word
Which line in this reading caught your ear? What sense do you get about God as you listen to this Word proclaimed today?
Step Two: Look into Your Life
Question for Children: In what ways do you experience God’s love, offered to you through family, friends, and teachers?
Question for Youth: Jesus commanded us to love one another. Who is most in need of your love and kindness right now? How can you be more loving to those most in need this week?
Question for Adults: Concretely, how do you show love to others?
Theme: Love one another.
Step One: Listen to the Word
Which line in this reading caught your ear? What sense do you get about God as you listen to this Word proclaimed today?
Step Two: Look into Your Life
Question for Children: In what ways do you experience God’s love, offered to you through family, friends, and teachers?
Question for Youth: Jesus commanded us to love one another. Who is most in need of your love and kindness right now? How can you be more loving to those most in need this week?
Question for Adults: Concretely, how do you show love to others?
