Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.
Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me. (John 14:23-24 NABRE)
At the Last Supper, while he was still with them, Jesus told his friends about things that would happen in the future, so that when his predictions came true, they would believe.
In today's passage, Jesus tells us about God the Father and also about the Holy Spirit who would come into each believer. Jesus' words tell us something about the triune nature of God, about the three distinct persons in one God. While there is no way for us to truly understand the mystery of the Trinity, we can marvel at and appreciate how fortunate we are to have a creator God who, by his very nature, can be with us at all times.
Jesus tells us that the Spirit of God is within us and remains with us always, that this is the Spirit of Jesus himself, the Spirit of truth. The Spirit teaches us and reminds us of Jesus. It is by the Spirit that we are in union with Jesus, and through him, the Father.
And to be one with our God, we need to love Jesus, which he tells us means to have and to keep his commandments.
Today, I will love Jesus, listen for the teaching of his Spirit, and keep his commandments throughout the day.
Saint Leo the Great, who used your talents in areas where spirit and structure are inseparably combined: doctrine, peace and pastoral care, pray for us.
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