This reflection for the Fifth Sunday after Easter follows the Easter season to its threshold. The Introit sends a shout from Isaiah to the ends of the earth: the Lord has delivered His people. But the Gospel of John draws us inward, to Christ's promise that the Father Himself loves those who love the Son, and that prayer in His name is answered. Drawing on Saint John Chrysostom's homily on this Gospel and the counsel of Saint Francis de Sales on devotion as readiness of will, the reflection weaves together the joy of Easter proclamation and James's urgent call to be doers of the word: to let what we have heard in this season actually show up in how we live.

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