Love that completes

The strangeness of the Lord

The Lord stood with Moses and proclaimed His name

- - - Then .... "If I find favor with you, O Lord, do come along in our company.  This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and receive us as your own."

The paradox of exhortation 

To the Christians of Corinthians, St. Paul did important recommendations which is also valid for us today, thus we should practice it each day, until we will be experts:

«Brothers and sisters, rejoice.

Mend your ways, encourage one another,

agree with one another, live in peace,

and the God of love and peace will be with you.»

The total love

The Father at the perfect time offered His son in exchange of the salvation of the world. The Son revealed the love of the Father into the world. But not all understood such Total Love. This is the only path that will reconcile us to the Father, no religious practices can save the world; except love. Love that drives out fear; love that brings light to those who are in the dark; love that feeds the hungry and gives water to the thirsty; love that restores the dignity to the one who unjustly condemned; love of the truth; love of honesty and with no corruption; love of simplicity with no vainglory and narcissism; love of sharing and with no publicity; love with no if’s and why’s; love so to share the love of the Father to the Son in communion with the Holy Spirit.

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First reading from the Book of Exodus

EX 34:4B-6, 8-9

Early in the morning Moses went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him,

taking along the two stone tablets.

Having come down in a cloud, the LORD stood with Moses there and proclaimed his name, "LORD."

Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out,

"The LORD, the LORD, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity."

Moses at once bowed down to the ground in worship.

Then he said, "If I find favor with you, O Lord, do come along in our company.

This is indeed a stiff-necked people; yet pardon our wickedness and sins, and receive us as your own."

 

Second reading from second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians

2 COR 13:11-13

Brothers and sisters, rejoice.

Mend your ways, encourage one another,

agree with one another, live in peace,

and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

All the holy ones greet you.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

GOSPEL OF THE DAY

From the Gospel according to John

JN 3:16-18

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Whoever believes in him will not be condemned,

but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.