Gospel: John 10:31-42
The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, "I
have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you
trying to stone me?" The Jews answered him, "We are not stoning
you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself
God." Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said,
'You are gods"'? If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and
Scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom the Father has
consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, 'I am the Son of
God'? If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me; but if I
perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may
realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the
Father." Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their
power.
He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized,
and there he remained. Many came to him and said, "John performed no
sign, but everything John said about this man was true." And many there
began to believe in him.
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Reflection:
Raffy was a popular figure in their parish church, he was being consulted
every time there was problems and decisions to be made. Then a new figure in
the parish came along a humble man whose wisdom was very profound. Suddenly the
people in the parish gravitated to this humble and wisdom filled man. Therefore
Raffy planned to bring down this humble man so that he could once again be the
main man in their parish.
The hatred of the Jews against Jesus was not only caused by His
pronouncement that He and God are one and the same. Their hatred against Jesus
was also caused by their envy with Jesus popularity with the people most
especially with the ordinary people. The Jews were slowly losing grip of their
authority because of Jesus. Therefore they must plot to kill Him at any cost.
There would also be people who will come along who are much better than
us. Who are more humble than us (If at all we are humble!). Let us not envy
them, let us not plot any untoward against them let us instead be happy for
them. To rejoice with somebody who is taking the limelight from us is hard to
do. But this is not impossible to do if we really are true followers of
Jesus.
The mistake of the Pharisees and scribes during the time of Jesus is they
allowed envy and pride to control them. By doing so they in the process opened
themselves up to the control of the devil. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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