Gospel: John
15:26—16:4a
Jesus
said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the
Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to
me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
“I have
told you this so that you may not fall away. They will expel you from the
synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think
he is offering worship to God. They will do this because they have not known
either the Father or me. I have told you this so that when their hour comes you
may remember that I told you.”
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Reflection:
Why do
others kill for their religion? For example, those who blow themselves in the
midst of people so that they could kill as many as possible. They do this because they do not know Jesus. Yes they have a God but what their God
is teaching is not what Jesus is teaching us.
Jesus
preaches compassion, love, sacrifice and humility this is always what Jesus is
teaching us. Jesus never taught us to spread violence and to blow ourselves
into kingdom come so that we could inflict damage and fear.
What are
we going to do to them? Should we face violence with violence of course not for
the simple reason that violence is not in the resume and teachings of Jesus. We
should rather pray for them so that they can be converted and enlightened.
Nothing
is impossible for our God, we therefore should continue to pray for the
conversion of those who continue to inflict hatred upon us. They may be members
of our family, they may be our former friends or anybody whose objective is to
create catastrophic damage and fear upon humanity.
Let us
therefore pray for their enlightenment and conversion for nothing is impossible
for our God. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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