Sacerdotus: Fifth Easter Sunday: On the mission

On May 18, 2025, the fifth Sunday of the Passover Catholic cycle offers love, renovation and church role, with two important events that occurred on this day: Leo XIV’s opening mass and birthday of St. John Paul II. In the light of these events, reflecting these readings offers a rich opportunity to consider the continuity of the church’s role and the love of Christ in a new era to consider the call.

Fifth Sunday readings, 98. Since the entrance to Psalm 98: 1-2: “Sing a new song to the Lord; This sets the tone of joy and upgrade, inviting faithful to celebrate the transformative power of God. 14: 21-27 The first reading of actions Paul and Barnabas tells the consequence of the missionary. Despite rejecting in Pisidian Antioch, they retreat, strengthening students and naming the elderly, they show the importance of resilience and community to expand the gospel. They returned to Antioch towards Antioch, “the door of the Gentiles opened the door,” the universal church mission emphasizes the mission that feels like the Pope Leo XIV, the current Ministry of Petrina begins.

The second reading of Revelation 21 21: 1-5A John presents a vision of the new Jerusalem, where God expressed it, “That’s why I do all things.” This view of a renewed creation without rising tears and death, with the hope of fulfilling the final reconciliation and God’s promises. On this day, as the Pope Leo XIV inaugurates, this reading church, depending on the new leadership, can be the whale in a world marked division and conflict. The election of Leo XIV, the service of the Peruvian poor and the bishop of Vatican, suggests a pontier to prioritize the dissemination and dialogue values ​​experienced by Augustinian principles and through the love of Christ.

John 13: 31-33A Gospel, 34-35, in the heart of the last dinner discourse, captures the new command of Jesus: “I love you like I love you.” Jesus emphasized that this love will define the brand of his disciples: “This will know that you are my student, if you love each other.” This way of calling radical and radical love is challenging and promise, especially the day when the church celebrates the opening of a new pope. The Pope Leo XIV, on May 8, echoed this topic, faithful “bridges through conversation and meeting, always in peace, always in peace.” His words gospel has joined the love of love as the basis of Christian witnesses, proposing to focus on promoting the union and peace in the polarized world.

Adding another layer of meaning, May 18 marks the birthday of St. John Paul II, Wadowice in 1920, Born in Poland. John Paulo II .a XVI. The first pope of the twentieth century became a global symbol of courage and faith, which declared in the 1978 opening, “Don’t be afraid.” Open the doors of Christ. ” He had a paper role in the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe with his papers, which embroidered his missionaries and fearless love. It is interesting to mention Leo XIV, saying the same spirit of adore his homily, saying, “Take courage! Without fear!” The chance of his opening in John Paul II is essential, highlighting the tracking of the mission. Both sections, from the outsider of the church-John Paulo II, represents the issue of the United States of the United States, which opens the universality of the Church, the issue of actions.

The opening mass of the Pope Leo XIV was held at San Pedro Square at 10 AM, it is a historical moment for the church. As the first US Pope, Leo XIV brings a unique view, missionary works by its Chicago roots and Peru. Leo’s name option, Leo XIII is inspired by the social justice based on social justice in the Modern Age, the intention to address contemporary challenges such as technological change and employee rights. Mass, global leaders and thousands of loyal leaders, marks the formal start of its pontification, the time reflecting the “new sky and new land” revelation. The evangelion calls about love in Leo XIV’s initial messages, peace, dialogue and service that emphasize peace, dialogue, also defined the heritage of John Paul II to the rejected values.

I consider reading and reflecting around these events through love and innovation interplay. The church, on the fifth week of Easter, is reminded that his mission is to love Christ as he loves, fresh, sacrificed and universal love. Pope Leo XIV inauguration, along with the birthday of St. John Paul II, feels like a divine invitation to carry out this mission with courage and hope. As the church pauses us in this new chapter, it is a challenge in love in our communities, to be agents in a broken world, which God does new things, as he crossed Leo XIV, as he crossed Paul II. At this time, the call “one another” call becomes a crying rally for the future of the church, the past, the present and the future without the function of Christ.