Gospel: John 14:1-12
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. If there were not, would I have told you that I
am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may
be. 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. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now
on you do know him and have seen him." Philip said to him, "Master,
show us the Father, and that will be enough for us." Jesus said to him,
"Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me,
Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the
Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The
words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me
is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,
or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever
believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than
these, because I am going to the Father."
+ + + + + + +
Reflection:
A man would always be troubled whenever he would see on TV
news about massive wars and killings. He would always ask himself, is the end
of the world coming? Like this man we all have our own secret worries and
fears, for example we worry about how we could sustain the future for our
children. Worry about money, about our family relationships and it seems that
we are never running out of worries in this world.
But have we thought of God in the midst of our worries? Have
we thought of just telling Jesus take care of our secret worries and fears
whatever it may be?
We are very much bothered by our troubles in this world
because we never trust Jesus that much and our faith in Jesus is wanting. What
we do instead is to trust on ourselves and have faith on ourselves. This is the
reason why we are bothered by our worldly troubles.
Why don’t we try to let go and let God? We let go of our
worries and let God take control of everything! For example if you’re being
bothered by a sickness, family problem or a personal problem. Start to slowly
let go of those worries and pains, then raise everything up to God, learn to
trust and have faith in the powerful name of Jesus.
In our gospel for this Sunday Jesus gives us an antidote for
our worries and fears HE tells us: Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have
faith in God; have faith also in me (John 14:1).
Thomas said: “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.
Sometimes we seek to discover things that we think will make
us happy only to realize that it won’t and we keep on looking for it until we
feel empty and broken. To avoid this from happening we must rediscover Jesus
in our lives. For he is our way, our truth and our life.
Without Jesus there’s only emptiness and brokenness. – Marino J. Dasmarinas