Andy Hoban - Thomastown Parish

Rosary this Wednesday evening at 9pm in St Columba’s Hospital Mortuary, Thomastown. Removal tomorrow, Thursday morning, at 10am to arrive for Requiem Mass at 11am in the Church of the Assumption, Thomastown. Burial afterwards in St Mary’s Cemetery.

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Reflection

Is Jesus’ love for us the same love as the Father’s love for Jesus? ‘Let us ask ourselves: what is this love in which Jesus tells us to abide to have his joy? What is this love? It is the love that originates in the Father, because “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8). This love of God, of the Father, flows like a river in his Son Jesus and through him comes to us, his creatures. Indeed, he says: “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.” (Jn 15:9) The love Jesus gives us is the same with which the Father loves him: pure unconditional love, freely given love. It cannot be bought, it is free. By giving it to us, Jesus treats us like friends—with this love, letting us know the Father; and he involves us in his same mission for the life of the world.’

Pope Francis