Gospel:
John 16:20-23
Jesus
said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn while
the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a
woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she
has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy
that a child has been born into the world. So you also are now in anguish. But
I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice and no one will take your
joy away from you. On that day you will not question me about anything. Amen,
amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.”
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Reflection:
Are you
afraid to go through suffering/s? We all are, as much as possible we don’t want
sufferings in our lives. What we want is a suffering free life but suffering
free life is not a possibility for believers of Jesus. For without sufferings
we would not be able to intensely feel the abiding presence of Jesus in our
lives.
Jesus
will help us conquer our sufferings for as long as we steadfastly hold on to
Him. For example, if a person is suffering from a terminal sickness yet in
spite of this sickness he/she continues to intensely hold on to his/her faith
in Jesus. Through his/her steadfast faith Jesus will sooner or later deliver
him/her from his/her suffering/s. This could happen through physical healing or
mortal death.
In our
gospel for this Friday, Jesus tells His disciples: You will weep and mourn
(John 16:20). Jesus told them this for His hour of arrest, passion and death
would soon come. Yet they will be joyful and triumphant after a period of time.
Joy and triumph that nobody can take away from them. Joy and triumph which are
brought about by Jesus resurrection and triumph over death.
What is
important in life is we continue to steadfastly hold on to Jesus no matter how
severe the trials that we may face. For there surely be triumph over our trials
if we remain unwavering in our faith in Him.
Trials are nothing Jesus is everything! – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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