In today’s Gospel we hear Jesus telling us that He will be sending the Holy Spirit to be with us, and the ideal to love one another comes up again. We begin our masses singing, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” which speaks of the basis of Easter – we know that our Redeemer lives and that we want to be with Him. One day, we shall rise again. At the presentation of the gifts, we sing of how through Christ’s passion and His giving of Himself to us, we give Him glory as we follow Him in love. Our communion song “We Have Been Told” quotes Christ’s teachings: “Live in my love, with all your heart, as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.” The traditional hymn at the closing, “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”, speaks of this unending, perfect love of Christ as He is the ‘source of all compassion, love unbounded, love all pure.’
