Fifth Week of Easter : Thursday, 2nd May 2024

In our theology on the Trinity, we believe that the Father loves so much that the love generates itself as the Son; and, following on that, the love between the Father and the Son is also so great that it is the Holy Spirit. This love is distinctive and inseparable from one another.

In Acts 15, we see the discussion among the Apostles and the elders who were gathered together in Jerusalem to consider the matter of circumcision for non-Jewish followers of Jesus. Peter gave the elocution that God gave His approval of the Gentiles by giving the Holy Spirit to them just as He had to the Jews. God purified all hearts by faith.

In the Gospel, Jesus says, “As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you. Remain in My love.” The love between the Father and the Son is the Holy Spirit. When Jesus asks us to remain in His love, it is to remain in the Holy Spirit.

Hence, we abide by Jesus’ command to love one another. We follow Jesus closely and walk with each other in the journey of synodality. There should not be any discrimination. Instead, there should be joy in a synodal relationship. Like the early disciples, we are called to accept each other without judgement, in other words, we are not to add excessive burden on others.

Father, Son and Holy Spirit, make us one in joy and in loving with one another.