Gospel: John
6:35-40
Jesus
said to the crowds, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never
hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. But I told you that
although you have seen me, you do not believe. Everything that the Father gives
me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I
came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent
me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything
of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. For this is the
will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have
eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.”
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Reflection:
What
benefit would we be entitled to if we worship and become friends with Jesus? We
will have countless entitlements. For example Jesus mentions to us in our
gospel for today that if we go to Him and believe in Him we will never hunger
and thirst anymore. How could this happen? We will not know until we try, we
will not know until we develop that especial relationship with Jesus.
Many of
us don’t feel the big impact that Jesus does in our lives because we don’t dare
take Him seriously. We sometimes leave Him in favor of this world yet there are
times also that we go to Him on bended knees because we are in need of Him. But
after the storms in our lives we again start to distance ourselves from Jesus.
How would we know the big impact that Jesus is capable of making in our lives
if we don’t take Him seriously? If we treat Him like a thing which we only get
when we are in need?
We will
really not thirst and hunger anymore if only we would create a home for Jesus in
our hearts. This is the key: To create a home for Jesus in our hearts so that
we will personally feel that what He is saying is true.
Have you
already opened your heart to Jesus? -
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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