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:
Do you deeply love Jesus?
Love begets love, for example if a husband will show
his love for his wife he gets love in return from his wife. As the marriage
move on the love between spouses flounders it passes through stormy waters. And
it will take humility and forgiveness for both spouses to triumphantly pass
through that turbulence.
The love of Jesus for us is unconditional He loves
us even if we have betrayed Him so many times. It is not even attached to any
actions that we do for God has already forgiven us for the many betrayals that
we’ve caused Him.
However, even if Jesus has forgiven us already it is
still our obligation to always humble ourselves before Him. We show Jesus that
we love Him deeply when we humbly say sorry to Him for the many hurts that
we’ve caused Him. This we do when we humbly submit ourselves to the healing
Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession.
When was your last Confession? Would you want to
show your love for Jesus by humbly submitting yourself to this healing
sacrament? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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