In our Gospel for this Sixth Sunday of Easter, Jesus says to us, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15). Such words may sound to postmodern ears as coercive language. However, as Tony Crescio explains, Christians should hear in these words a call to live the rules of the Heavenly Father’s House. In other words, it is by living the commandments that we learn to enter into the eternal Trinitarian dynamics of Love here and now.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Acts of the Apostles 8:5-8, 14-17
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20
Reading 2: 1 Peter 3:15-18
Gospel: John 14:15-21
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.