Gospel: John
14:6-14
Jesus
said to Thomas, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From
now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Master, show us
the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been
with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has
seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not
believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak
to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his
works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else,
believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever
believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than
these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I
will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of
me in my name, I will do it.”
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Reflection:
Do you
want to know God? You first have to know Jesus for it’s only through Jesus that
you will know God. But how will you know Jesus? You have to pray and you have
to ask Jesus to give you the grace of knowing Him deeper and the grace of
having a personal relationship with Him.
How else
will you have a personal encounter with Jesus? You have to read His life in the
bible you have to attend Holy Mass most especially during Sunday. And then
whatever you learn about Jesus you have to live in your life.
It’s
always through Jesus that you will have an awareness of the presence of God the
Father in your life. For Jesus is the gateway to knowing more about God and
through Jesus our eyes will be opened to the many truths about our faith.
Do you
want to know the way, do you want to know the many real truths about life and
do you want to find the real meaning of your life? You have to ask Jesus and
you have to ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten you more about Jesus.
To have
Jesus is to have life, to have Jesus is to find the real way that leads to
peace and contentment. To have Jesus is to discover the real meaning of life a
life that is very much different from the life that this world is forcing us to
accept.
In our
gospel, Jesus tells Thomas and us too, , “I am the way and the truth and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you
will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him (John
14:6-7).” – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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