Gospel: John
14:21-26
Jesus
said to his disciples: "Whoever has my commandments and observes them is
the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will
love him and reveal myself to him." Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, "Master,
then what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the
world?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Whoever loves me will keep
my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our
dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the
word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me.
"I
have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the
Father will send in my name— he will teach you everything and remind you of all
that I told you."
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Reflection:
There’s a
story about a couple who always go to Sunday Mass to fulfill their Sunday
obligation. While in church they look pious and devoted to the faith. However
when they go home their other side which is their real personality is suddenly
revealed. They shout at their maid, they yell at their kids and they act like
dictators in their house.
Do they
really love God? I don’t think so, their love for God is superficial and is
limited inside the four walls of their church.
In the
gospel Jesus says: “Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will
love him and reveal myself to him.” Certainly Jesus and God the Father the
first two persons of the trinity have not revealed themselves to this couple.
Jesus
further states: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love
him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.”
Sometimes
it’s very hard for many of us to understand the mystery of the oneness of God
and Jesus simply because we are not true to our faith. What we hear and learn
in the church during the Priest sermon/homily just comes in and out in our
ears. Many of us don’t live and give substance to our faith. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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