Gospel: John
1:47-51
Jesus saw
Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There
is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus
answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig
tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King
of Israel.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you
that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” And
he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the
angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
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Reflection:
Do you reflect
about God when you are alone? Many of us are forced to think about God when we encounter
bumps and humps in our life. But contemplate of God? When we are not bothered
by any problems only a few of us perhaps do this.
What was
Nathaniel doing under the fig tree? Was he contemplating about God? Was
Nathaniel praying before God to lead him to Him? Nathaniel was reflecting about
God while he was under the fig tree, he was silently asking God to manifest Himself
to him. Then soon enough the call from Jesus came.
When we
think of God often we will slowly but surely have a clearer picture of the identity
of God. We would have an idea about who really God is and the role that He
plays in our lives. To many of us God seems so distant but is it God who is
distant or us who distance ourselves from God?
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