John 15:12-17 NRSVue
12“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 17I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
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Reflection on John 15:12-17
Inspiration from 2026-05-08 Daily Prayer
The words from today’s scripture passage, ‘Love one another’, provide us with one of the central principles of Jesus’ teaching. He laid down his life for his friends and taught us how to love by his total self-giving. Everything he did showed he was a brilliant teacher. We pray that we will be reasonably good students too.
Further reflection
My focus now is not on my faith, on what I think or believe. Jesus invites me to accept what he believes about me, how he sees me to be. I am sent to bear fruit. I am trusted. I am loved.