Gospel: John
3:31-36
The one
who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and
speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven is above all. He
testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. Whoever
does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy. For the one whom
God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit. The
Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him. Whoever believes in
the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but
the wrath of God remains upon him.
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Reflection:
Why is it
hard to introduce the teaching of Jesus to our fellowmen most especially to
Catholics who seldom go to church for Holy Mass? This is for the reason that
many of us don’t live the teachings of Jesus. We are not humble, we are not loving
and forgiving thus there’s resistance from those whom we want to share Jesus.
What must
we do if we are in this kind of predicament?
Should we easily give-up or should we change our ways. The wise choice
is to change our ways and not give up. Because if we will give up, who will
evangelize them? We leave them to be evangelized by those from other Christian faiths?
We must
teach our faith but we must do it with humility, patience and love. We have to
employ humility, patience and love so that we could impart to them the teachings
of Jesus and our faith. For example our gospel for today tells us about the
love of God the Father for His Son. How will they know about this if we will
not teach them?
We will
always become effective evangelizers of our faith if we are humble, loving and
forgiving. For these are the qualities of Jesus when He walked on this earth
more than two thousand years ago. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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