Gospel:
John 5:17-30
Jesus
answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this
reason they tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the
Sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God.
Jesus
answered and said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do
anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does,
the Son will do also. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything
that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that
you may be amazed. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so
also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes. Nor does the Father judge
anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son
just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor
the Father who sent him. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and
believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to
condemnation, but has passed from death to life. Amen, amen, I say to you, the
hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of
God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in himself,
so also he gave to the Son the possession of life in himself. And he gave him
power to exercise judgment because he is the Son of Man. Do not be amazed at
this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear
his voice and will come out those who have done good deeds to the resurrection
of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of
condemnation.
“I cannot
do anything on my own;I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do
not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.”
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Reflection:
Do you
believe in the oneness of Jesus with God the Father? If you do, count yourself
as blessed for others do not believe. After believing in the oneness of Jesus
and God the Father, what must you do next? You must obey His teachings and help
Jesus spread the good news of His salvation for this is His will for you.
As we
journey in this world there would be instances that we would veer away from
Jesus and disobey His commands. We would embrace the teachings of this world,
we would embrace sin and in the process we slowly but surely are creating
distance between us and Jesus.
But all
is not lost yet no matter how despicable the sins that we have committed. The
infinite love of Jesus is always there for us, it’s there for us to take and to
ask for. Therefore, let us be aware of this infinite love and mercy of Jesus
while we are still alive.
Let us go to Him and let us turn our backs from sin. In
the latter part of the gospel Jesus mentions about judgment that would befall
to those who have done evil. Let us not wait for that judgment to come to us by
walking away from the curse of sin. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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