Gospel:
John 16:12-15
(Jesus
said to his disciples) “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it
now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He
will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to
you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from
what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for
this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to
you.”
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Reflection:
How can
we feel the presence of the Triune God (God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) in
our lives? We need to live our lives according to how Jesus wants us to live it
based on the commandments of love (Luke 10:27). Everything starts with
following these commandments and once we follow and live it, we would have an
awareness of the presence of the Holy Trinity.
Therefore
we must learn to live Jesus’ commandments of love. But do we live these love
commandments of Jesus? Are we not being selective when we give our love to our
fellowmen? For example, the command of Jesus pertaining to love of our
neighbor, it’s so easy to follow this when the person is loving us in return.
But when the person is hurting us it’s now very difficult for us to give our
love. The challenge for us is to love even more those who are not loving us in
return.
The
situation is basically the same on how we express our love for God. For many of
us God is easier to love when HE answers all our prayers. But when HE doesn’t
answer our prayers it’s sometimes difficult for us to express our love for
God. The challenge therefore for all of
us is to love God and neighbor in good
times and in bad.
Do we
have an awareness of the presence of the Holy Trinity in our life? If our
answer is no, then, we must start to follow Jesus’ commandments of love. Not
according to how we want to follow it but according to how Jesus wants us to
follow and live it. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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