Fifth Sunday of Easter; 15 May 2022; Easter 5C (RCL); Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35.
This passage in John, like so many passages, seems to be full of non sequiturs. We jump from the mutual glorification of Father and Son, to Jesus’ address to his disciples, “Little children, I am with you only a little longer,” and his statement that they cannot come where he is going, to a new commandment. It seems like three unrelated sayings.
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