Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saturday of week 16 in Ordinary Time
First reading – 1 John 4:7-16
“Anyone who fails to love can never have known God, because God is love”. This is the fundamental and foundation of our belief. God is love. It emphasizes the idea that God’s love is unconditional, infinite, and all-encompassing, and it serves as a foundational principle for understanding God’s relationship with humanity. This is the revelation about God which summarises everything about God and love. Love comes from God, and we can know God only if we love. We understand God only if we truly love and we can only truly love when we understand God. Love is the starting point of knowing God. True love is the end point of knowing God. Only in knowing God, we can grow in love. In the memorial of today, we can see the family in Bethany growing in love with Jesus. Each one in that family grows in a unique relationship with Jesus and between them. Growing in love with God is growing in love with each other. This cannot be separate. If we believe that God is love, we can only be part of the God, by loving one another. Let’s reflect: How much I understand that God is love?
Saturday 29 July
