Gospel:
John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Jesus
moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the
Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But
when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly
but as it were in secret.
Some of
the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill?
And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the
authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from.
When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.” So Jesus cried out
in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know
where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom
you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me. So
they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had
not yet come.
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Reflection:
Does
Jesus fear death? Yes, He feared death, yet Jesus did not allow His fear of
death to paralyze His movement and desire to do His mission for God. He
continued with His mission and became more creative in doing it until He
reached His appointed time of arrest, persecution and death on the cross.
We see
this in the gospel reading for today, Jesus did not want to travel to Judea for
the reason that the Jews were planning to kill Him. But it was the feast of
tabernacles, a sacred Jewish feast that He should observe. So Jesus went albeit
secretly and there He preached with passion as if there was no threat on His
life.
Do you
also have fear/s in your life? Whatever your fears are don’t let it paralyze
you. You have to face it so that you could conquer or defeat it. If Jesus let
His fear of death overcome Him there
would have been no triumphant death on the cross and there would have been no
salvation for all of us.
When we
face our fears we live our dreams and we are able to achieve great things in
life. Fear is an instrument of the devil to prevent us from achieving great
things for us and for God. What are your fears? Ask Jesus to help you defeat it
for He will surely help you. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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