Thursday of Holy Week

By this everyone will know . . .


Little children, I am with you only a little longer.
You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews
so now I say to you,
"Where I am going, you cannot come."

I give you a new commandment,
that you love one another.
Just as I have loved you,
you also should love one another.
By this everyone will know that you are
my disciples, if you have love for one another.

JOHN 13:33-35


not by our creeds or our complex confessions,
not by our great edifices or our well-honed arguments,
not by our style of music or the hipness of our speech,
not by who we vote for or whether we're red or blue,
not by our comfortable circle of friends
or our hard-won credentials,

but by our love for one another
will we be known
as disciples.