GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to John
John 15:18-21
Jesus said to his disciples:
“If the world hates you, realise that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own;
but because you do not belong to the world,
and I have chosen you out of the world,
the world hates you.
Remember the word I spoke to you,
‘No slave is greater than his master.’
If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.
If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
And they will do all these things to you on account of my name,
because they do not know the one who sent me.”
The word of the Lord
Chosen!
Lord, today I rejoice in appreciating the truth that I have been chosen by You to be taken out of the world. You have taken all the chosen ones out of the world, but especially my husband and me—you have drawn us out. The price to pay? That the world hates us. Blessed price, which also makes us resemble You, our Master.
Applied to married life:
Ana: My parents tell me that I have joined a sect and that I have been brainwashed. That so much prayer and so many Masses cannot be normal.
Jaime: I know. In my case, it’s my sister who doesn’t understand me. She thinks I should spend more time with family. But the Lord has called us, and we must obey God before men.
Ana: May the Lord enlighten us, and may He not hold it against them.
Jaime: Poor souls… I understand why they don’t understand us. Before the call of Our Mother, I would have felt the same way. But I am so happy that we are His chosen ones…
Ana: And I am too…
Mother,
Thank you, thank you, thank you for Your call. We are Your chosen ones. Thank you, Blessed Mother.