Where I am going you know the way.” Thomas said to
him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me.”
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Reflection:
There were two senior citizens who were near death one
was a believer the other was not. The non-believer was deeply troubled on what
would happen to his soul when he dies. The believer was very calm and was not
afraid to die.
There are those who dread the mere mention of death as
if it’s a plague that needs to be avoided. But no matter how hard we avoid
death using our wealth and power we cannot escape it because it’s a certain
fact of life and it’s the rite of passage for the next life.
In the gospel Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let
your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my
Father’s house there are many dwelling places (John 14:1-2).” Therefore, Jesus
is assuring us that we already have a place reserved for us there
someday.
But we are still here in this world and the big
question is - can we be there someday to be with our Lord? Nobody knows about
it except the Lord, what we have to do is to simply follow His teachings and we
leave everything to Him.
We do it not to buy our way to His Father’s house; we follow His teachings because that’s what the Lord wants us to do. Then, when our time comes we simply submit our soul’s fate to Him. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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