The
one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly
and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven is above all.
He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy. For the
one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the
Spirit. The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him. Whoever
believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see
life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.
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Reflection:
Why can’t
we convince our fellowmen to go to church for Holy Mass and why can’t we share
Jesus with them? This is for the reason that many of us don’t live the
teachings of Jesus. We are not humble, we are not loving and forgiving we don’t
live our faith in other words.
What
must we do if we are in this kind of predicament? Should we easily give up
or should we change our ways. The wise choice is to change our ways and not
give up. Because if we would give up, who will evangelize them? We leave them
to be evangelized by those from other faiths?
We
must teach our faith but we must do it with humility, patience and love. We
have to employ humility, patience and love so that we could impart to them the
teachings of Jesus and our faith. For example our gospel for today tells us
about the love of God the Father for His Son. How would they know about this if
we will not teach them?
We
will always become effective evangelizers of our faith if we are humble, loving
and forgiving. For these are the qualities of Jesus when He walked on this
earth more than two thousand years ago. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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