Mind the love

The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today illustrate how intellectual debates may block our discovery of the experience of Divine presence. Paul is led by the Spirit to testify before the council of Jewish religious authorities in Jerusalem. The long standing debates between the factions with different interpretations of Judaism are restarted and Paul is overlooked in the dispute, The psalmist, from an earlier time, praises God with the understanding that the Presence of the Divine gives him life and fullness of joy. John relates the final discourse of Jesus. He prays that the unity and intimacy of the relationship of Jesus, Father and those who have received His Word in the world is made visible to all through the believers. The characteristic which will mark this relationship is the evidence of the love between Father and Son made visible in human life