Homily
for Friday
5th
Week of Easter
May
23, 2025
John
15: 12-17
Provincial
House, New Rochelle, N.Y.
The Last Supper (Pieter Coecke van Aelst)
In the
Old Testament, Moses (e.g., Deut 34:5; Josh passim), Joshua (24:29), and David (e.g.,
Ps 78:70) are called the slaves or the servants of the Lord. It’s not a disparaging term for them. Likewise in the New Testament when Mary
describes herself as the servant of the Lord (Luke 1:38) and Paul (e.g., Rom
1:1) and James (1:1) call themselves slaves of Jesus Christ.
At the
Last Supper, Jesus takes his intimate circle into a closer relationship, a step
beyond a Moses or David relationship—into one of friendship. He demonstrates his friendship by his love,
his complete giving of himself for them, even his life.
Don Bosco
called all the young his friends and said for them he studied, worked, and
would even give his life.
Both
Jesus and Don Bosco show us the friendship to which God has called us—for the
young, for one another, and for our Lord Jesus.
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