Gospel: John
14:1-6
Do not let
your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. 2 In my
Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have
told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3 * And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that
where I am you also may be. 4 Where [I] am going you know the way. 5 Thomas
said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the
way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth* and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through me.
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Reflection:
Today we
remember all of our loved ones who've gone to the great beyond. We do this in many
ways: By visiting them where they rest now, by offering prayers for the eternal
repose of their souls and by recalling their countless acts of goodness.
It’s hard
to forget the memories and we often get emotional when we remember them. But this is
our life; someday somehow we would be also going through the process of
sickness, hospitalization and eventually the inevitable which is our death.
Perhaps many of
us may lose sleep by mere mention of death, we don’t want to die at this
point because we are not yet prepared. But who is prepared to die? Nobody, we
are not prepared to die or we are afraid to die because we are all sinners otherwise
if we are clean we would not be afraid to die anytime.
Nevertheless,
Jesus is telling us in our gospel not to be troubled. For as long as we have
faith in Him we would be OK. Because our faith in Jesus is more than enough
to conquer our fear of death.
In this
day of remembrance for our departed love ones we are encouraged to continue to pray for their
souls. We must also continue to strengthen our faith in Jesus because if we
have faith we lack nothing and we fear nothing even death.
Jesus
Himself assures us with these words: Do not let your hearts be troubled. You
have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many
dwelling places (John 14:1-2). - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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