Gospel: John
16:20-23
Jesus
said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while
the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a
woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she
has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy
that a child has been born into the world. So you also are now in anguish. But
I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your
joy away from you. On that day you will not question me about anything. Amen,
amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.”
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Reflection:
A good
man was wondering about how difficult his life was. He was in debt and his
house was possessed by a bank due to unpaid loans. He was now questioning the
Lord about his very difficult life. After a few days he won in a lottery and he
was able to pay everything and he had more to spare and save.
Jesus was
telling the disciples that they would go through difficult moments in their
lives while others are rejoicing. Nonetheless, Jesus was also assuring His
disciples that for as long as you stay with me you all will be able to pull
through all of your difficulties.
We must
always remember that the life that we have chosen with Jesus will not always be
a walk in the park. There shall be drought and loneliness we may even feel
alone but we will be able to pull through all of these emotional and other
difficulties because we continue to hold and rest our destiny upon Christ
Jesus.
Let us
never hold-on to this world for it will never help us solve our
problems/difficulties in life. Let us rather hold-on to Jesus for HE has the
words of eternal life (John 6:68). –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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