Have you ever asked yourself why God wants us to live forever? Why doesn't God forget us? Why should God go through all the trouble he did to bring us eternal life? Maybe we have never asked ourselves these questions. Maybe we think we are such charming, wonderful creatures that God can't help loving us.
Sometimes I look around and I also look into my own heart, and I think to myself, "Why are we loved so much by God? How can God be so loving in the face of so much evil?" The answer to all these questions can be found in today's second reading. The answer to all these questions is that God is Love. Just like the sun has to shine, because that's what the sun does, God loves us because that's what God does. Yet in spite of our many imperfections, God's love reaches out to all people. This was the big revelation we heard about in today's first reading. The Jews presumed they had a monopoly on God's love. Jesus revealed that God is calling all people to know His saving power as we prayed in today's psalm.
