Gospel: John
16:23b-28
Jesus
said to his disciples: Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in
my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask
and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
“I have
told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer
speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father. On that
day you will ask in my name, and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father
for you. For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have
come to believe that I came from God. I came from the Father and have come into
the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.
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Reflection:
How does it
feel to be left behind by someone that you love and respect? It’s heartbreaking
to say the least, as much as possible we don’t want to hear goodbyes. But
goodbyes are real and part of life. But why is it that we don’t want to hear
goodbyes and we don’t want to be separated from the person that we love?
Because goodbyes and separations entails loneliness and sadness.
Perhaps the disciples were also feeling lonely and
sad. Just imagine being there in that situation where Jesus was already saying
His goodbyes to them. Surely we would be lonely and sad also. But unlike human goodbyes
which is often times permanent and leaves us empty. Jesus’ goodbye was not
permanent and Jesus goodbye to His disciples did not left His disciples empty.
Jesus assured His disciples that after He left them they
could still invoke His name when they pray for something to the Father. And through
His name they can have whatever they ask in prayer to the Father.
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