24 Feb 2017
Jesus says (in the Gospel of John 15:15), “I have called you
friends, because everything I have learned from my Father I have made known to
you.” Jesus shares himself with us
completely: his wisdom, his compassion, his words of truth, his unconditional
love and acceptance. He’s totally honest
with us about the reality of the cross in our lives, but also about what waits
on the other side of the cross: heaven.
Jesus is a truest of friends to us. And, as we hear in Sirach this morning, “A
faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth.” The friendship of Jesus is beyond price. But, again, as Sirach tells us, “He who fears
God (who pays attention to God) behaves accordingly, and his friend will be
like himself.” In other words,
friendship with the Lord goes both ways.
Jesus shares himself with each of us. He is the truest of friends to us. But, do we share ourselves with him? Do we tell him our joys and struggles? Do we walk with him by our side and in our
hearts? Are we open and honest with
him? Jesus came down from heaven to lift
us up: are we letting him do that for us?
Jesus is the best of friends to us. The question always is, however, can we be a
better friend to Jesus? And, if so,
how? Jesus is a friend to us. Are we a friend to Jesus?
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