Gospel: John
1:43-51
Jesus
decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him,
"Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and
Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We
have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets,
Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth." But Nathanael said to him, "Can
anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and
see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Here is
a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him." Nathanael said to
him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before
Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi,
you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." Jesus answered and
said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the
fig tree? You will see greater things than this." And he said to him,
"Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see the sky opened and the angels of
God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
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Reflection:
Jesus said
to Philip: Follow me, such powerful words coming from Jesus. Thus, Philip could
do nothing except to humbly follow the Messiah. This is the reason why Philip
became one of the twelve apostles, he was called by Jesus.
What if
Jesus would call you to follow Him, would you respond to His call?
Follow
where? Follow Him in His humility, follow Him in His perseverance, follow Him
in His being a man for others, follow Him in His gentleness and follow Him in
His humble obedience to the will of God.
These
powerful words of Jesus echoes until this very minute and it is not anymore
addressed to Philip but to you and me! He powerfully tells us to follow Him;
many have said yes and followed Jesus already.
Many have
forsaken their material riches, high society status and power for the sake of
Jesus. Why? Because at last they found the one that will finally cure their
emptiness and brokenness. Emptiness and brokenness which they thought could be
filled-up by their riches and power but it never did.
Many of
us are still chasing after riches and power at what cost and for what? When we
are at our deathbeds riches and power will not anymore matter what will matter
is the relationship that you have with Jesus. Even now the riches and power
that you are chasing will never complete you it will even exacerbate your
emptiness.
Will you
finally say yes to Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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