How we can increase our affections for Jesus


Easter Tuesday


John 20:11-18

We are capitalizing on Easter experiences after the Easter morn.

The people were cut to the heart when Peter explained how Jesus, the Messiah, was rejected and killed.  Three thousand people converted to the faith immediately after that.

Mary had the most intense experience of seeing the Lord immediately on that Sunday morning.  It confirmed how treated Jesus even before he suffered and died - as Master, as Lord and God, and as her Beloved.

We are inspired by concrete experiences of love, hate, joy, and sorrow.  In psychology, understanding our feelings manifests self-discovery of what we hold dear to our hearts and what we abhor.  Consequently, if we are devoid of positive feelings for the Lord, let's increase our experiences of faith, especially those that help us deepen it.

How do we increase our sentiments and affections for the Lord?

First, learn from the Master.  Treat Jesus as such - a master, a teacher, someone in authority over all.

Second, adore him as God.  We are always confronted with the challenge of reflecting how much we adore him as compared with our treatment of day-to-day priorities.  Adoration demands total offering of self to him whom we adore.  All else should be a result of the way we adore God.

 Third, love him as Beloved.  "How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways."  Though we can reflect extensively on this matter, what's most important is how we really spend each day.  How do we express love for the Lord?  Through our commitment to charity?

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