Gospel: John 10:22-30
The feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter.
And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon. So the
Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in
suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them, “I told
you and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me.
But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my
voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they
shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has
given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the
Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”
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Reflection:
How can we have an encounter with Jesus? We have to abide with what Jesus
tells us in the scripture/bible. If He tells us that He and the Father are one
we have to believe it without any doubt. For the simple reason that all of
Jesus pronouncements are not empty, it is solidly supported by other passages
in the bible.
What separates those who believe and those who don’t? Those who believe
receive the full graces of the power that emanates from Jesus. For example,
their lives are changed, their faiths are strengthened. And they themselves
become an agent of positive change in their own respective environments.
Those who do not believe or who take Jesus nonchalantly are left-out in
terms of spiritual graces, their individual faith life is not strengthened.
They are more vulnerable to the many forces of evil and they don’t have the
spiritual strength that believers have.
What is the secret for us to believe? We have to humble ourselves before
Jesus. We have to accept with faith every word that He tells us in the scripture/bible.
And the moment we do, this would be the beginning of our renewed life with Jesus.
– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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