Gospel:
John 1:45-51
Philip
found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in
the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth. But
Nathanael said to him “Can anything good come from Nazareth? Philip said to
him, “Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,
“Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him. Nathanael said
to him, “How do you know me? Jesus answered and said to him “Before Philip
called you, I saw you under the fig tree. Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you
are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said to him
“Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will
see greater things than this. And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you,
you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on
the Son of Man.
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Reflection:
Nathanael
said to Jesus, “How do you know me?” Why did Nathanael ask this question? This
is for the reason that he did not know Jesus that well. Otherwise if he knows
Jesus he would have not asked, “How do you know me?”
Jesus knows
everything about us: Our deepest even darkest secrets, our thoughts and plans.
Jesus knows everything and we certainly can’t hide anything from Him. If Jesus
knows everything including our darkest secrets, would this mean that He will
not love us anymore? Of course not!
The more
hidden sins we have the more that Jesus will love us and the more that He would
seek us. Why? This is for the reason that Jesus walked on this world to save
us: We who are all sinners. We therefore have to repent from all of the sins
that we have committed. So that we make it easy for Jesus to find us.
How are
you going to repent? You have to humbly submit yourself to the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession.
In this healing Sacrament you will surrender yourself to our merciful Lord by
telling Him your sins. You will allow our merciful Lord to heal you of your
many sins. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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