WHY THE FATHER LOVES US

Saturday in the 6th Week of Easter
Jn 16:23-28

The Father loves us for loving Jesus. The reason why is easy to understand. The Father loves us for loving Jesus because Jesus is His Son. It is easy to love people who love those whom we love, is it not?

But there are people who find it difficult to love other people who love those whom they love. The worse may even happen when the people they love begin to love other people than them. This may sound like a play of words, but we all know the experience. The experience is called “jealousy”. This is never the Father’s experience. He does not know how to be jealous. He always shares His Son as He has already given His Son to us.

What is the difference between jealousy and envy? To be jealous is like having something in our hands and we do not want others to even look at it. To be envious is like having something in our hands already and we keep on looking and desiring for what others have in theirs. Jealousy and envy are not the same, but both are enemies of love.

We do not love as God loves if we are jealous and envious. The Father loves us because we love His Son. The Father rejoices that the Son loves us too.