Gospel:
John 10:22-30
The feast
of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter. And Jesus
walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered
around him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If
you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told you and you
do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me. But you do
not believe, because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice; I know
them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never
perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to
me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand. The
Father and I are one.”
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Reflection:
How can
we have an encounter with Jesus? We simply have to abide with what Jesus tells
us in the scriptures. If He tells us that He and the Father are one we have to
believe it without any doubt. For the simple reason that all of Jesus
pronouncements are not empty, it is solidly supported by other passages in the
bible.
What
separates those who believe and those who don’t? Those who believe receive the
full graces of the power that emanates from Jesus. For example, their lives are
changed, their faiths are strengthened. And they themselves become an agent of
positive change in their own respective environments.
Those who
do not believe Jesus are left-out in terms of spiritual graces, their
individual faith life is not strengthened. They are more vulnerable to the many
forces of evil and they don’t have the spiritual strength that believers
normally have.
What is
the secret for us to believe? We have to humble ourselves before Jesus. We have
to accept with faith every word that He tells us in the bible. And the moment
we do, this would be the beginning of our new journey with Jesus. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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