From the Pastor's Desk

My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ, ……

Can we compare the love of Jesus with how we exercise our love for our fellowmen? No, we cannot compare because the majority, if not all of us, love with preconditions and conditions. We love with limitations, and we love only those who give us love. Jesus loves us without any preconditions, limitations and He loves us even if we don’t love Him in return.
  
We all know that Jesus is alluding about His infinite love for us when He told this story of the lost sheep in the Gospel of Mathew 18:12-14. By way of this story, He is also telling us that His love for us is always there no matter how sinful we are and no matter who we are.

As we follow Jesus, we must also ask Him to deepen our faith and to erase our preconditions and conditions when we love. For example, if before we could only love those who give us love, now that we have become mature followers of Jesus. We would love even those who do not give us love and those people who do not love us anymore.

To love even those who do not love us and those who hurt us is very hard to do. But if we really are sincere in following Jesus, we would be able to love them. And we would search for them until we find them and forgive them without any precondition. Let us find those who went astray, let us forgive them and give them the unconditional love of Jesus. And let us remember what my mother always reminded us: “When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.”

Prayer: Lord Jesus, nothing escapes your watchful gaze and care. May I always walk in the light of your truth and never stray from your loving presence. 

Fr. Babu Thelappilly