God is love, and He has displayed His Love for us in sending His Son in the Incarnation, Who, through the Paschal Mystery, became expiation for our sins and brought us into Newness of Life.
We are now truly alive because Christ has Risen and Love lives.
We live in His love by following the commandment He has given us to demonstrate the example He has showed us in laying down His life for us, Who He calls friends, because we are now in such a close relationship with Him.
In this relationship, we are called to go forth and bear fruit as His disciples that shows to the world the reality of the Resurrection, that He is alive in us.
This gift is for all the world, as the first reading indicates in the astonishing scene when the Holy Spirit descends on Gentiles, so they can participate in bearing fruit as God works in them.
I knew my connection to Jesus in a powerful new way 25 years ago on the first Sunday of May when I had my First Holy Communion. For 25 years, I have known the power of being part of God's people, in Whom He lives, and Who He calls to bear fruit as we stay connected to Him.
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