Gospel:
John 14:1-6
Jesus
said to his disciples: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith
in God; have faith also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling
places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a
place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again
and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where I am going
you know the way." Thomas said to him, "Master, we do not know where
you are going; how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the
way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
me."
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Reflection:
Where are
we going after our life in this world is over? We don’t know only God knows.
But Jesus in our gospel is giving us a hint as to where would we be eventually.
Jesus tells us: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.”
The
secret therefore to know where we would eventually end-up is to follow Jesus.
Why follow Jesus? Because He is the truth and the life and we cannot reach the
Father in heaven except through Him.
We will
often hear in stories of conversion testimonies about troubled lives, lives lived
without peace and contentment. Until they’ve known Jesus after which their
lives were never the same again. From troublesome or worrisome lives it became
peaceful and serene courtesy of Jesus.
Jesus is
the only way and He is the only one that can give us peace that transcends this
world. Jesus will give us a glimpse of this peaceful feeling once we
immediately choose to rest our lives in Him.
We all
know that life in this world is uncertain it may end very abruptly anytime. Let
us therefore invest more on Jesus rather than on this world. Let us help the
poor, let us become the living symbol of Jesus for them.
This is
not easy to do because it would entail much self-sacrifice on our part but it’s
actually nothing. Compared to His promise that we will eventually have our
reserved dwelling place in heaven someday. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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