May 10, 1998

5th Sunday of Easter John 13:31-33,34-35

This familiar Easter season gospel is from the long Last Supper discourse of John's gospel. When we hear it in the days after Easter, we are reminded once again of the paramount message of Jesus: Love one another. Jesus showed his love for his disciples and for us by remaining true to his mission, teaching them of God's love for them. They are to follow his example, loving one another and also loving others as Jesus did. They, too, are to glorify God by this love.

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Once upon a time not too very long ago there was a mom who sewed many of her daughters' clothes. This mom had learned the art of sewing from her own mom who in turn had learned it from her mother. This mom made holiday dresses, party dresses and finally prom dresses for her five daughters. When the first of the daughters to marry started looking through bride's magazines, she asked her mom if she might be able to make a wedding dress seeing as the mom had said upon completing a prom dress the previous month, "After finishing this, I think I could probably even make a wedding dress." (The moral of this is don't say such things in front of daughters). Responding to the challenge, the mom spent many hours over the next five months sewing pearls and sequins on lace that was then attached to the dress. As she sewed the dress, the mom found herself feeling very close to her deceased mother. She remembered the many dresses her mother had made for her over the years and how proud she always felt in her "originals." Although her grandmother had died some seventy years before, she also began feeling connected to her. Often, as she sat by herself in the evenings, sewing the small beads, she sensed the presence of these two women and experienced a feeling of being loved by both of them. She hoped her daughter would know that the love of her mother, her grandmother and her great-grandmother was sewn into her wedding dress and that this memory would help her pass love on to the next generation.