Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him. Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me? Jesus answered and said to him “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree. Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
Jesus answered and said to him “Do you
believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see
greater things than this. And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you
will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the
Son of Man.
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Reflection:
Nathanael said to Jesus, “How do you know me?” Why did Nathanael ask this question? This is for the reason that he did not know Jesus that well. Otherwise if he knows Jesus he would have not asked, “How do you know me?”
Jesus knows everything about us: Our deepest even darkest secrets, our thoughts and plans. Jesus knows everything and we certainly can’t hide anything from Him. If Jesus knows everything including our darkest secrets, would this mean that He will not love us anymore? Of course not!
The more hidden sins we have the more that Jesus will love us and the more that He would seek us. Why? This is for the reason that Jesus walked on this world to save us: We who are sinners. We therefore have to walk away and repent from all of the sins that we have committed.
How are we going to repent? We have to
humbly submit ourselves to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. In this healing
Sacrament we will surrender ourselves to our merciful Lord through the priest
who acts in the person of Jesus by telling Him our many sins. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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