Gospel:
John 6:60-69
Many of
the disciples of Jesus who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can
accept it?” Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he
said to them, “Does this shock you? What if you were to see the Son of Man
ascending to where he was before? It is the Spirit that gives life, while the
flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life. But
there are some of you who do not believe.” Jesus knew from the beginning the
ones who would not believe and the one who would betray him. And he said, “For
this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him
by my Father.”
As a
result of this, many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and
no longer walked with him. Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to
leave?” Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the
words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are
the Holy One of God.”
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Reflection:
When many
of the followers of Jesus went back to their former way of life because they couldn’t
believe that He is the Bread of Life. Jesus perhaps quite sad turned His
attention to His twelve apostles and said to them: “Do you also want to leave
(John 6:67)?” This is the million dollar question that confronted the twelve
apostles, “Do you also want to leave (John 6:67)?”
For many
of us the teachings of Jesus are actually hard to follow. For example His
teachings about Humility. How many of us are still willing to offer the other cheek
if we are hit on the other side(Luke 6:29)?
His teachings about fidelity to the Sacrament
of Marriage. Are we still faithful or have we been faithful to our respective
spouses? And there are many more teachings that Jesus wants us to follow but we
don’t for the simple reason that we want to satisfy our earthly desires.
We see,
it’s hard to follow Jesus because He will stir our lives according to what He
wants it to become. Jesus will turn our life upside down, He will shake and
disturb it until we are purified. And this is hard for us for the simple reason that we want to follow
our own self-serving wants and sometimes immoral desires.
But where
would we go? We follow the dictates of this sinful world? if this is so we then
end up in hell, we will even taste and feel how it is to be in hell while we
are still living in this world.
it’s only
through Jesus that we can have peace, that this world cannot give us and it’s
only through Jesus that we can have eternal life. The things that we have right
now are all temporary; we will leave it or it will leave us anytime.
Will you
also leave Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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