Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor
Tuesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – John 17:20-26
“I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one”. This is something very big which we must recognize in our vocation as Christians. Jesus, the only Son of God has given His glory to us. What is this glory? This glory is our dignity as sons and daughters of God. Jesus shared this dignity with us for specific reasons. The first reason is that we may be united. But we know how much we are divided as Christians. Also, we know how much we are divided among ourselves in the same family, in the same parish, in the same society. This happens because we don’t recognize our dignity as sons and daughters of God, brothers and sisters of Christ. Whenever we make unity, we become more Christian because we are realizing the dream of Jesus. Again, we are given this dignity so that we may recognize the love with which God the Father loves us, “so that the love with which you loved me may be in them”. This is what we must recognize in being Christian. Recognizing that the love with which God the Father loved His only Son, Jesus Christ, is in me. This is something very very big. Often it goes unnoticed! Let’s reflect: Do I recognize that the love with which God the Father loved His only Son, Jesus Christ, is in me?
Don Giorgio