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:
A typical
marriage vows goes like this: For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in
sickness and in health, until death do us part. A man and a woman becomes one
by virtue of the Sacrament of Marriage.
Jesus
objective for instituting this Sacrament is to permanently bind these two
separate and distinct individuals so that they may become one. This union must
always be for life. It must never be based on convenience but based on mutual
trust and respect for each other.
In our
gospel for today, it is very obvious that Jesus wants to point out to Philip
and to us too that He and God the father are one. Although God the Father and
Jesus are two different persons they are one and the same God. They both have
the same desire for all of humanity and that is salvation for us all.
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