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John 15:12-17 (Common English Bible)
12 This is my commandment: love each other just as I have loved you.13 No one has greater love than to give up one’s life for one’s friends.14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I don’t call you servants any longer, because servants don’t know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because everything I heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you could go and produce fruit and so that your fruit could last. As a result, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you. 17 I give you these commandments so that you can love each other.
Summary: Christ is Risen! Throughout Eastertide, we worship with the theme, “We,” for we are a people of the resurrection, we are the risen body of Christ!
As a people of the resurrection, Jesus calls us friends. When we answer the call to be friends and make friends with others. God resurrects relationships, bringing reconciliation and healing. As the Lord befriends us, Jesus shows us the way to befriend others.
Reflection Questions:
- Who do you consider your best friend? What makes them such a good friend?
- Jesus doesn’t call us servants, but friends. How has Jesus been a friend to you?
- How can we be better friends to Jesus and one another?