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He instructs them to bring his peace and healing into the communities that they visit. The forces hostile to God and to true humanity have by no means yet been fully overcome. Living in freedom encourages us to take total responsibility for our own lives, rather than blame others for any personal difficulties. However, we cannot allow ourselves to be held captive by these responsibilities, regardless of how legitimate they may be. Self-sacrificing love is the fundamental message of Jesus. Jesus words end on a note of assurance. Jesus promises that he, and the God he calls Father, will make their home with us, and the Spirit will be there to guide and enlighten us. Those who love as Jesus did will in turn be loved by his Father. This Sundays readings focus on the commitment needed to respond to the Lords call, a reminder that true faith comes from the heart. This weeks Readings give us renewed confidence, trust, and hope in the Good Samaritan who comes close to us in our need, that we might go out so that Gods desires for all people might be seen by our loving response. In this fuller understanding of the Eucharist, Christ is present in the bread and wine because he is active in the Church. He is one of Jesus own who gather for his final meal. Lets pray this week for the grace of freedom in being able to accept unconditionally Gods will for us. In Johns Gospel, the Spirit is called The Advocate or The Paraclete, and the role of the Spirit is to teach and remind the disciples of Jesus words. Judas has had his feet washed by Jesus and received from Jesus hand the morsel of bread. The truth is ultimately the revelation that God is love (1 John 4:7, 16). The First Reading commands us to love, and gives us the means to do it. We are called and sent to bring the deep peace of the kingdom of God into the world. It is through this that, hearts will revive (Psalm). The gospel emphasises the link between love and obedience, and it speaks of the presence of God with the one who loves. The Feast of the Ascension is a vision of the future and an act of hope. The Second Reading makes clear that all is possible by Christ and his cross. In the Eucharist he calls us to prayer and reverence. He is confident that they will have all they need for their mission through all they have learnt from following his way. Christ is the source of all peace and unity in the world (Second Reading). Jesus was sent by his Father and it is to his Father that he will return. This is Jesus definition of love a giving of self even when that will not be reciprocated, even when that love will be rejected and betrayed. We know that we cannot lay aside the responsibilities of our lives in order to sit with Mary at the feet of Jesus. The essential blow has been struck in the Paschal victory of Jesus but his messianic work continues as he breathes his Spirit into the Church that carries on his mission. The same spirit of contented happiness is reflected in todays Psalm of jubilation, where the whole earth cries out with joy to the Lord. This is more than a wish, it is a blessing that includes all of the benefits of the resurrection. Jesus proclaims the word of his Father and his Father sends the Holy Spirit in Jesus name. In the Gospel, Jesus looks to the future when he will no longer be physically present to the disciples. The members of the Early Church community in Galatia are encouraged to be at peace with one another through Christ, who makes us a new creation in him. The truth which the Spirit communicates is truth in the Johannine sense of the definitive revelation of God given to the world in the person of Jesus. The small section of John 13 that we read this week lies at the heart of the Johannine Gospel message Love as I have loved. It provides us with a partial view of the internal relationships within the Trinity. He assures them that their privileged sharing in the intimacy of the relationship between himself and the Father will not cease but continue through the gift of the Spirit. The Gospel mentions Judas and if we are to understand what Jesus means by love we need to remember that up until this stage in the Gospel Judas has been present. If, like the Psalmist, we trust and follow the Lords path of life, it will lead us to eternal joy. The prophet Isaiah (First Reading) proclaims a joyful time of peace that flows like a river from the healing, comforting love of God, which is compared to the intimate, tender bond between a mother and a baby. In the First Reading, Elisha responds quickly to being anointed by Elijah. What the Church must understand what the Ascension assures her is that accompanying all her labour and suffering is the victory of her risen Lord, who now stands at the right hand of God interceding on behalf of all. In the Gospel, Jesus sends seventy-two of his followers ahead of him. The Gospel tells of the wholehearted commitment required by Jesus of his followers not coercion, as suggested by James and John. However, he warns the Galatians, and us too, that this is not an excuse for self-indulgence. Jesus makes the three who come forward aware of what following him really means: it is not to be imagined as a part-time or easy option. And so we continue to struggle; to carry the burdens that are ours for the sake of the people that we serve; to serve the people in our care realising that we will probably not be able to accomplish all of our tasks or at least as well as we would like. To be a Christian is to live and to love, with Jesus as the measure of what life and love look like. The Spirit will guide us so that we love our neighbours as ourselves. In a world that cries out more than ever for the peace of Christ, this is our calling today. Jesus stands among us and sends us before him, to declare his peace and to heal and encourage people in the knowledge that the Kingdom of God is very near. 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He shows his desire to serve the Lord by leaving his livelihood and home, empty-handedly following Elijah. These are functions that happen within a community where people gather to share stories, to ask questions, to try to find meaning in the events of their lives. Jesus willingly gives of himself even to one who will betray him. Finally, the parable of the Good Samaritan (Gospel) gives us a concrete example of what this service, this command to love, this deeper unity without bias or prejudice, looks like. Jesus does not want his disciples to hesitate. He holds everything in being from the beginning and, even now, is drawing us together in deeper unity. In the Eucharist, Christ is present not simply in the consecrated bread and wine, but as the one who forgives, speaks, feeds, gathers together and makes present his offering on the Cross. The law, or word, is not beyond our reach but is as close to us as our hearts. He bequeaths his peace. It is in this way that the reign of God struggles to be born. He also calls us to follow his way in feeding the poor and giving spirit to the excluded and in taking up our own cross. It also reports Jesus farewell wish of peace. And the help and compassion of the Lord for the poor and needy can be seen by our service. This passage provides us a glimpse of the intimacy between Jesus and his Father. Jesus promises that when Christians gather for this purpose they will not be alone.

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