Meditation

Today, once more, we may see Jesus surrounded by the Apostles in an atmosphere of special intimacy. He is giving them what we could consider as His final recommendations: what is normally said in the last moment, in the last farewell; that which has a special force, as if it would be the last will and testament.
 

Today, Jesus speaks to us indirectly of the cross: He will give us the peace, but at the cost of His painful “departure” from this world. Today, we read those words He said before the sacrifice on the Cross but that were written after His Resurrection. With His death on the Cross, He defeats both death and fear. He gives the peace “Not as the world gives” (Jn 14, 27), inasmuch as He does it by going through the most excruciating pain and humiliation: this is how He proved His merciful love for man.
 

Today, Jesus shows us His immense desire for us to share His plenitude. United with Him, we live into the stream of Divine Life that is the Holy Trinity. “God is with you. The Blessed Trinity dwells in your soul in grace —that is why, in spite of your wretchedness, you can and should keep up a continuous conversation with the Lord” (Saint Josemaria Escrivá).
 

Today, Jesus invites us to love one another, here also in this complex world that we live in, where good and evil are mingled together. We often feel tempted to look at our world as a misfortune, as a piece of bad news, whereas we Christians, instead, are responsible for bringing out the Good News of Jesus Christ to this violent and unfair world.
 

Today, we are invited to recognize the Father who reveals Himself in Jesus Christ. Philip articulates a very fair intuition: “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” (Jn 14, 8). To see the Father is to discover God as the origin, as the life that flows, as generosity, as a gift that constantly renews everything. What else do we need? We are coming from God, and each man, even if unconsciously, carries the profound desire of going back to God, of recovering the fatherly home and remaining there forever.