Gospel: John
6:35-40
Jesus said to
the crowds, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and
whoever believes in me will never thirst. But I told you that although you have
seen me, you do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to
me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from
heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is
the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what
he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. For this is the will of
my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal
life, and I shall raise him on the last day.”
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Reflection:
Is Jesus the
center of your life? Well and good if yes for this is how it should be. Jesus should be the center of your life. Not money, not power or anything that
is worldly it should be Jesus! Why Jesus and not anything that belongs to this
world? Because when you have Jesus in your life you already have the greatest treasure that gives eternal life.
Life in this
world is fleeting, we could leave this ephemeral world anytime, what would
happen to us if Jesus is not the center of our lives? For example, if our
motivation of living in this world is all about material things, power and
enjoyment. What’s next after material things, power and enjoyment? Nothing for
it’s already the dead end for a person without God. This is the danger of not
having Jesus in our lives and not making Jesus the center of our lives.
In our gospel,
Jesus said to the crowds: “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will
never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst (John 6:35). If we
deeply believe in this statement of Jesus we will indeed not experience hunger
and thirst anymore. Hunger and thirst for what? Hunger and thirst for whatever
this world will offer us.
Is Jesus the
center of your life right now? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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