Gospel: John
14:23-29
Jesus said to his
disciples: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and
we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me
does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the
Father who sent me.
“I have told you
this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will
send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told
you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do
I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me
tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you
would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And
now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may
believe.”
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Reflection:
A husband and wife
went shopping while shopping the wife noticed that it was only her which was
buying things. Her husband was not buying anything for himself. So she asked
her husband, honey why are you not buying anything for yourself? The husband
replied, darling your needs are more important than my needs, nevermind what I
need it’s nothing compared to what you need.
How do you love
Jesus? Do you love Jesus by sacrificing your own needs for the sake of the
propagation of the teachings of Jesus? Do you love Jesus by allowing Him to
take the center stage and you content to be at the backstage? Do you love Jesus
by doing things for His glory and not for your own earthly glorification?
If you truly love
Jesus you would be willing to forgo whatever this world demands from you for
the sake of Jesus. The truest form of love for Jesus and for God is when you
have learned to follow His demand and desire for you instead of you following
your own desire and your own demand for yourself.
There’s always a
struggle for supremacy within you, should it be your own supremacy or the
supremacy of Jesus. The wisdom filled choice is to allow Jesus to reign supreme
in your life. By doing so you tell and show Jesus the depth of your love for
Him.
How deep is your
love for Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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