This is a Commandment

Jesus said, “This is my commandment: love one another, as I have loved you.

Love is the panacea for all ills.

Love engenders peace and harmony in every situation whether personal or between nations.

What are the characteristics of true love? Love demands respect and sacrifice.

The example of love par excellence is the death of Jesus on the cross to save humanity from dereliction and open the way to our Creator Father God in the here and now and transcending to eternity.

This commandment was given to the disciples but is an invitation to everyone.

Where is the love in the war in Ukraine? This quest for territory and power at such a cost is the very antitheses of love. Death, destruction, displacement of millions of families.

What dose Jesus Christ say to this? “Love one another as I have loved you. This is my commandment.

This is a commandment of God who created everything which exists and all life on earth.

This commandment is not an option. We ignore it at our peril as individuals and as a world.