Gospel: John 7:1-2,
10, 25-30
Jesus moved about
within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were
trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his
brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as
it were in secret.
Some of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And
look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities
have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the
Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.” So Jesus cried out in the
temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am
from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not
know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me. So they tried
to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet
come.
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Reflection:
Does Jesus fear
death? Yes, He feared death, yet Jesus did not allow His fear of death to
paralyze His movement and desire to do His mission for God. He continued with
His mission and became more creative in doing it until He reached His appointed
time of arrest, persecution and death on the cross.
We see this in the
gospel reading for today, Jesus did not want to travel to Judea for the reason that
the Jews were planning to kill Him. But it was the feast of tabernacles, a sacred
Jewish feast that He should observe. So Jesus went albeit secretly and there He
preached with passion as if there was no threat on His life.
Do you also have
fear/s in your life? Whatever your fears are don’t let it paralyze you. You
have to face it so that you could conquer or defeat it. If Jesus let His fear
of death overcome Him there would have
been no triumphant death on the cross and there would have been no salvation
for all of us.
When we face our
fears we live our dreams and we are able to achieve great things in life. Fear
is an instrument of the devil to prevent us from achieving great things for us
and for God. What are your fears? Ask Jesus to help you defeat it for He will
surely help you. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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