Gospel: John 12:24-26
Jesus
said to his disciples: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat
falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies,
it produces much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his
life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must
follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor
whoever serves me."
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Reflection:
Do you
love your life in this world?
Jesus
gives us today a puzzling statement by saying: “Whoever loves his life loses it
and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life
(John 12:25).” How could this be?
The
answer perhaps to this mystifying statement is we will have no life beyond this
world: If we would love worldly life if we would love the frills of this world
such as wealth, power and other worldly things.
We hate
our life in this world yet preserve it for eternal life if we have Christ like
behaviors such as: Humility, Selflessness, Prayerfulness, Kind heartedness and
many more Christ like virtues.
Therefore,
we are given two choices: To love our life in this world or hate it. Surely
there would be those who would choose to love their life in this world but for
what price? The problem of loving our present life for the sake of this world is
we slowly close our hearts to Jesus. Yet we open it wide for the devil.
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