Gospel: John 1:47-51
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:
Do you
believe that Jesus knows you very well? Many will not believe but the truth of
the matter is Jesus knows each and everyone of us very well. What we are
thinking right now Jesus knows about it also!
If Jesus knows everything about us why is it
that he doesn’t intervene whenever we are in the verge of committing sin? This is for the reason that God gave us the
freewill or the freedom of choice to do what we want to do.
However
the moment we strive to get closer to Jesus. For example we religiously attend
Holy Mass. We spend time to read the Holy Bible and practice His teachings, we
surely would feel the movement of Jesus in our lives. We therefore invite Jesus
to take an active part in our life when we strive to get close to Him.
In the
gospel Nathanael was surprised that Jesus knew him in advance. But looking at
the life of Nathanael it comes without surprise that Jesus knew him beforehand.
This is for the reason that Nathanael was also a man who was quietly seeking
and thinking about God.
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