Sixth Sunday Easter of Easter, Year B (2021)

Patrice Moriarty has been involved with Augustinian Volunteers Australia (AVA). She is also an active member of Holy Spirit Parish, St Clair where she assists with BASIC GIFT and the Youth Choir.
GOSPEL: John 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘As the Father has loved me,
so I have loved you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments
you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father's commandments
and remain in his love.
I have told you this
so that my own joy may be in you
and your joy be complete.
This is my commandment:
love one another,
as I have loved you.
A man can have no greater love
than to lay down his life for his friends.
You are my friends,
if you do what I command you,
I shall not call you servants any more,
because a servant does not know
his master’s business;
I call you friends,
because I have made known to you
everything I have learnt from my Father.
You did not choose me,
no, I chose you;
and I commissioned you
to go out and to bear fruit,
fruit that will last;
and then the Father will give you
anything you ask him in my name.
What I command you
is to love one another.’
PRAYER
God, mysterious lover,
help us to know your astonishing love for us
in the daily reality of our lives.
As we have been loved,
help us to love others
with the very same love with which you have loved us,
through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever. Amen.