5th Week of Easter – Friday C
Today’s readings invite us to focus on one profound and essential theme: Love as the Heart of Christian Life. In the Gospel, Jesus commands us: "Love one another as I love you" (John 15:12). He emphasizes that love is not merely a feeling or sentiment, but the ultimate expression of our faith and discipleship where we intentionally extend and will the good of the other. Jesus even goes further to say, "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends" (John 15:13). Here, love is rooted in sacrifice — a love that is willing to give everything for others, just as Jesus did for us.