Mutual Love as the Best Testimony of Christian Life

"Mutual love remains the Church's pending challenge in every community, in every parish. No matter how many beautiful words are preached, how many moving liturgies, and how many charitable works are performed, these will not be convincing if they are not accompanied by the fraternal/sororal love of those who claim to follow the Lord," writes theologian Consuelo Vélez in her commentary on the Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Easter for the series A…