Update: Over the course of this Sunday, I've learned that moms really like fuzzy red slippers, but really don't like getting fishing poles for Mother's Day...
Sixth Sunday of Easter B
What
is today? Mother’s Day.
What
kind of things do your moms like?
Do your moms not like?
Would
you ever give your mom [things not
liked] for Mother’s Day?
Why
not? Why give her what she
likes? Because you love her.
Do
you love her only this one day a year?
All the time.
To be loved: “to be wanted even when
you’re not needed.”
So,
you love your moms? Do your moms
love you?
How
do you know? Tells you and shows you.
Just
one day a year? Every once in awhile? All the time.
Your
mother would do anything for you.
Does
Jesus love you? How do you know?
Tells us: in this Sunday’s gospel—words
from Last Supper:
“As
the Father loves me, so I also love you.”
Shows us: in many ways, most
especially his Cross:
“There
is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
Does
Jesus love you only one day a year?
Once in awhile? All the time.
Jesus
would do anything for you.
Do
you love Jesus? How does he know?
Tell him: in prayer.
Show him: by loving each other; by coming
to Mass.
At
Last Supper, Jesus said: “This is my commandment: love one another”;
also
said: “Do this…in memory of me.”
Jesus
told us what he wants.
Just
like mom:
you
should give Jesus what he’d really like because
you love him.
Jesus
really wants to be wanted even when he’s
not needed.
Jesus
took bread and said…“This is my Body.”
And
he took a chalice of wine and said…“This
is my Blood.”
So
when we come to Mass
and the priest takes the bread and wine,
they
become…the Body and Blood of Christ.
The
Eucharist is Jesus.
And
Jesus is…God.
And
God is…love.
Which
means that the Eucharist is love:
love
we can eat and drink;
the
perfect love of God
come to live and work inside of us.
Do
we want to be loved only one day a year?
Do
you want to be loving only once in awhile? All the time.
Eucharist
helps us like nothing else can
to
know God’s love for us
and
to show God’s love to others
because it is love.
That
means that coming to Mass
and receiving Holy Communion
is
one of the best ways to be loving to others:
to
your mom, and your dad,
to your brothers and sisters, and
to your friends.
Parents:
Taking your children to Mass every Sunday—
more
than the school to which you send them,
more
than all the practices
and games and recitals to which you drive them,
more
than any gifts you can afford to give them—
is the very best way of all to show your
love for them.
Most
of what you do for your kids
lasts
only for a season or a certain stage of life.
Helping
them fall in love with Jesus affects them forever
and ever.
Don’t
forget that! Don’t let your kids
forget that!
Show
them how much you love them by coming to Mass every Sunday.
We
have a special day each year
to
express our love for our moms.
We
have a special day each week
to
express our love for Jesus,
and
for Jesus to express his love for us.
May
you experience the love Jesus has for you today
as
you receive your first Holy Communion
and
may you experience it all the time:
every
time you come to Mass—Sunday after Sunday—
for
the rest of your lives.
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