In the Gospel, Jesus says: “this is my commandment, love one another as I have loved you”. He sums up all the commandments in that: love one another.
But we know that the commandment needs to be received and followed. Otherwise the commandment will just remain words or ideals and there are already many ideals. We need people who will say “yes, I will love. I will love the other. I will choose and decide to love”.
The following homily was given by Archbishop Isao Kikuchi SVD, Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan, who was recently elected as the new President of Caritas Internationalis during the Caritas Internationalis General Assembly in Rome from 11-16 May.
Reproduced with permission from Bhubesi and the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Manzini, Kingdom of Eswatini.
