The Love That Makes All Things New: Living Today the Commandment of Christ
In this season of spring renewal, the liturgy offers us a promise of hope: everything can become new — not through spectacular outward change, but through a transformative love, the one Jesus revealed to us. This love, lived “as he loved,” is the key to a renewed world, a revitalized Church, and a faith embodied in daily life. “I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.” (John 13:34) A Dream of Newness: The Hope for a Transformed World In the Book of Revelation, Saint John shares a powerful vision: “a new heaven and a new earth” (Rev 21:1). This promise is born in a time of crisis: the early Christian communities, under persecution, seek meaning in their faith within a hostile world. This message is not escapism nor naïve utopia. It is a profession of hope, an… Read more
May 18, 2025
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