Overview

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Today’s readings urge believers to come together in a community characterized by love. In Acts 11 (BCP) Luke describes how, in Antioch, the Christian community expands to include Gentiles. In his sermon in Acts 10 (RCL), Peter tells Cornelius of God’s work in Jesus Christ, thus opening the doors of the Church to Gentiles. The author of 1 John describes Jesus as God’s love for us, and calls us to embrace one another in that love. In the gospel, Jesus tells his disciples that they have been chosen to love one another; in this they will find perfect joy.