Gospel: John 3:16-18
16 For God so loved
the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not
perish but have eternal life. 17 For God sent the Son into the world, not to
condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. 18 He who
believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
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Reflection:
How do we give our
love to our spouse or to our friend perhaps? There are times that this love is with
condition, we love when we receive love in return. But when the love that we
give is unrequited this love wanes until it finally evaporates from our hearts
and this is how we normally love.
In our readings for
this Sunday most especially the gospel, God opens our hearts to a much deeper
kind of love. A love that cannot be measured by anything, love that has no limits and a love that is coupled with humility and
sacrifice.
God’s love is not like
how we express our love. For we are always conscious about what we could get
back in return for the love that we give. This is the complete opposite of God’s
love. Love in the eyes of God is when we are willing to sacrifice even at the
cost of our very own life.
Today is the solemnity
also of the Holy Trinity, the three persons in one God. How are they able to
exist without any conflict? How could they be one yet three? They harmoniously co-exist
because they have the love of God.
The Holy Trinity for
many of us is a mystery but not anymore for some of us. Why? Because they already
have in their hearts the love of God, let us therefore ask the Holy Trinity
covert our hearts according to His love.
If God lovingly gave
HIS very own son so that we may live and have life, what can we give God in
return?
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