Gospel: John
16:29-33
The disciples
said to Jesus, “Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech. Now
we realize that you know everything and that you do not need to have anyone
question you. Because of this we believe that you came from God.” Jesus
answered them, “Do you believe now? Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived when
each of you will be scattered to his own home and you will leave me alone. But
I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I have told you this so that you
might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I
have conquered the world.”
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Reflection:
A man
aspired to become rich and by his hard work he indeed became rich. But because
of the pressure he had no peace of mind.
Perhaps
many of us are like this man, we have no peace of mind. For the simple reason
that we put forward in this world our personal ambition and we treat Jesus like
a spare tire. We only pray to Him when we need Him.
There are
even times that we compeletely forget Him until sickness and troubles catch up
with us. If this world gives us nothing but troubles and sickness Jesus is
always there to counter this troublesome world with His promise of peace.
But how
many of us have experienced this peace of Jesus? Not many perhaps and the
obvious reason is we only remember Jesus when we are in dire need of Him. Or
yes we remember HIM but when temptation comes we easily betray Him for the pleasures
of this world.
Why not
change this cycle? Why not make Jesus our first priority so that we could
finally feel His peaceful presence in our lives? And once we feel the peaceful
presence of Jesus in our life we already are complete and we lack nothing. – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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