When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said
to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any
messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you understand this, blessed
are you if you do it. I am not speaking of all of you. I know those whom I have
chosen. But so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, The one who ate my food
has raised his heel against me. From now on I am telling you before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe that I AM. Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives
the one who sent me.”
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Reflection:
Are you afraid of suffering and
betrayal? In His humanity Jesus was also afraid of sufferings and betrayal. But
His fears did not prevent Him from achieving His salvific mission. It even
further strengthened His resolve to continue amidst the difficulty of His
mission. Jesus never gave up no matter how hard the odds against Him for He
knew that He has a mission to achieve.
Marriage starts like a rose garden and
it seems that everything is rosy, beautiful and sweet. But after a period of
time problems would crop up, there shall be sufferings and betrayal of vows. So
what must we do? Should we simply walk away with our heads bowed in defeat? Or
we stay, bear the brunt of the sufferings/betrayal and fight for the sanctity
of the marriage covenant.
We must stay and fight for the sanctity
of the marriage covenant. Let us remember that Jesus remained with His mission
notwithstanding the sufferings and betrayals. What if Jesus simply gave-up and
walked-away from His mission of salvation? Anyway He’s God and powerful but He
remained for His love for God and for all of us.
Many married couples nowadays choose the
easy way out when testing comes to their marriage. They choose to betray and
eventually walk away from their marriage covenant. They simply walk away notwithstanding
their sacred vows and the welfare of their children.
Jesus never walked away from His
responsibilities, sufferings and betrayals, He faced it all and triumphed over
it! – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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