Gospel: John 15:1-8
Jesus said to his
disciples:“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away
every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes
so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke
to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on
its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in
me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him
will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does
not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will
gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. If you remain
in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done
for you. By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and become my
disciples.”
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Reflection:
Where does life lead
us without Jesus? It leads us to nowhere and nothingness. Our life is without
meaning without Jesus. We are like a boat being buffeted by waves that has
nowhere to go.
Life is meaningless
without our connection with Jesus, we may have an abundance of everything that
this world could give us. But these are all temporary, all of these we will
leave behind someday. All of these worldly things will not give us peace of
mind, it will even create emptiness in our
lives.
Jesus through the
gospel for this Sunday tells us: You will never bear fruit unless you remain in
me (John 15:4). Yet Jesus tells us also that we will bear much fruit if only we
would decide to remain in Him.
Therefore let us
always decide to be connected with Jesus, through our presence at Holy Mass,
through the Sacraments and so forth. Let us not let go of Jesus even if life
brings us tons of trials. For no trials are insurmountable with Jesus, if we
are connected with Him nothing can bring us down. Nobody could tear us apart
for His abiding presence is with us.
As the branch cannot
survive without its connection to the vine. We too will not be able to survive
without our connection with Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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