Gospel:
John 12:44-50
Jesus
cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in
the one who sent me, and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me. I came into
the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in
darkness. And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them, I do not
condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.
Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has something to judge him: the
word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day, because I did not speak
on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak. And I know that his commandment is eternal
life. So what I say, I say as the Father told me.”
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Reflection:
Do you
know somebody who is sinful? Don’t give up on that sinful person continue to
stretch your patience and pray for his/her conversion.
There are
countless stories of conversion in the scripture/bible and foremost of these is
the conversion story of Saul. Saul or Saint Paul was formerly the number one
persecutor of the church. He in fact had a hand in the killing of many
followers of Jesus yet Jesus did not judge Saul. In His infinite wisdom and
mercy Jesus converted Saul/Paul to become the number one propagator of the
Christian faith to the gentiles.
What is
the message of these conversion stories for us? The message is, there is hope
for all of us no matter how sinful we are and no matter how grave the sins that
we have committed there is still hope for us! Jesus even said: for I did not
come to condemn the world but to save the world (John 12:47).
Jesus is
not interested on the sins that you have committed He is rather very much
interested in your conversion so that He could change you to become His
follower. He is interested to bring you to the light so that you will become
also His light for others.
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