5th Sunday of Easter (Year C) - John 13: 31-35

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🗓️ 17 May 2025

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John 13: 31-33a, 34-35 - 'In the Son of Man, God has been glorified.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 782 (in 'The Characteristics of the People of God') - The People of God is marked by characteristics that clearly distinguish it from all other religious, ethnic, political, or cultural groups found in history...Its law is the new commandment to love as Christ loved us. This is the new law of the Holy Spirit (abbreviated).

- 1823 (in 'Charity') - Jesus makes charity the new commandment. By loving his own "to the end," he makes manifest the Father's love which he receives. By loving one another, the disciples imitate the love of Jesus which they themselves receive. Whence Jesus says: "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love." and again: "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you."

- 2822 (in 'Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven') - Our Father "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." He "is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish." His commandment is "that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another." This commandment summarizes all the others and expresses his entire will.

- 2842 (in 'as we forgive those who trespass against us') - This "as" is not unique in Jesus' teaching: "You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect"; "Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful"; "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. It is impossible to keep the Lord's commandment by imitating the divine model from outside; there has to be a vital participation, coming from the depths of the heart, in the holiness and the mercy and the love of our God. Only the Spirit by whom we live can make "ours" the same mind that was in Christ Jesus. Then the unity of forgiveness becomes possible and we find ourselves "forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave" us.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome again to the podcast where we do a deep dive into the gospel reading from today's mass.
0:18.7	We really want to help you understand the literal sense of the text.
0:23.7	So today's reading is quite a well-known one.
0:26.3	We're looking at John chapter 13, verses 31 to 33A, and then verses 34 and 35.
0:36.1	When Judas had gone, Jesus said, now the son of man has been glorified, and in him,
0:43.2	God has been glorified. If God has been glorified in him, God will in turn glorify him in himself,
0:51.8	and will glorify him very soon.
0:55.3	My little children, I shall not be with you much longer.
1:00.0	I give you a new commandment.
1:02.4	Love one another just as I have loved you.
1:06.4	You also must love one another.
1:09.3	By this love you have for one another, everyone will know that you are my
1:14.5	disciples. So that's our text today. It's quite rich theologically and spiritually as the entire
1:22.4	farewell discourse is. So what's the context? Judas has just left the Last Supper and has gone to betray Jesus,
1:30.6	and now the official farewell discourse begins, where Jesus gives his final instructions to his
1:36.7	disciples at the Last Supper. This next section of John spans several chapters. The farewell
1:42.4	discourse goes on for a long time. Now, it's actually
1:45.9	part of a literary genre that scholars call a testament. So it's like Jesus is leaving behind
1:52.3	his last will and testament. It's his farewell address of a teacher to his disciples that he's
1:58.6	leaving behind. It was actually fairly well known in the time of
2:02.0	Jesus to leave a testament like this. So in Jesus' testament, the farewell discourse over the next
2:08.8	few chapters will hear Jesus announcing his departure. He's going to have words of consolation,
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