{"id":1395,"date":"2013-04-27T15:19:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T05:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1395"},"modified":"2013-04-27T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T05:19:55","slug":"piata-velkonocna-nedela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/piata-velkonocna-nedela\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readings: Acts 14:21-27; Psalms 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13; Revelation 21:1-5; John 13:31-33, 34-35;<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the seven weeks long Easter season we have the time to reflect on those lessons Christ taught us in his passion and resurrection. Plants have to spend time outside to gradually absorb the sunlight and transform it into nutrients. Just so, our souls have to spend time basking in the light of Christ’s revelation, so that we can absorb the grace God wants to give us.
\nToday especially, we are reminded of the New Commandment that Christ gave us the day before he suffered. We are brought back to that Last Supper, when Jesus was gathered with his closest companions and opened his heart to them. It was the night when his heart overflowed with love as it never had before. It was the night when he revealed the secret identity of every Christian, the distinguishing mark: “This is how all will know that you are my disciples,” he said, “if you have love for one another.” And not just any kind of love, but Christ-like love: “I give you a new commandment… As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.”
\nBeing a Christian is much more than being a member of a club. Being a Christian means having an urgent, important mission in life. It means being another Christ in the world. Jesus gave his very life in order to fulfill his Father’s will and win salvation for sinners. Each one of us is called to reproduce in the unique circumstances of our lives that exact same pattern: dedicating our lives to discovering and fulfilling God’s will, and striving to help as many people as possible know, love, and follow Christ.
\nToday, the Church invites us to ask ourselves if we have really decided to follow Christ’s New Commandment. Sometimes we think this New Commandment is only for people who are already saints. It isn’t. It’s the path to sanctity. Sometimes we think this commandment is too difficult to be realistic. But if it were, Christ would not have issued it.
\nToday, let’s choose Christ; let’s make the decision, once and for all.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Readings: Acts 14:21-27; Psalms 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13; Revelation 21:1-5; John 13:31-33, 34-35; During the seven weeks long Easter season we have the time to reflect on those lessons Christ taught us in his passion and resurrection. Plants have to spend time outside to gradually absorb the sunlight and transform it into nutrients. Just so, our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slovakcommunitysydney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}