Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, amen, I say to
you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you
have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy
may be complete.
“I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour
is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you
clearly about the Father. On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not
tell you that I will ask the Father for you. For the Father himself loves you,
because you have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God. I came
from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and
going back to the Father.
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Reflection:
How does it feel to say goodbye? It’s
heartbreaking to say the least, as much as possible we don’t want to hear
goodbyes. But goodbyes are for real and part of life. But why is it that we
don’t want to hear goodbyes and we don’t want to be separated from the person
that we love? Because goodbyes and separations entails loneliness and sadness.
Perhaps the disciples in the gospel were also
feeling lonely and sad. Just imagine being there in that situation where Jesus
was already saying His goodbye to them. If we were with the disciples we surely
would be lonely and sad also. But unlike human goodbyes which is often times
permanent and leaves us empty. Jesus’ goodbye was not permanent and Jesus
goodbye to His disciples did not left His disciples empty.
Jesus assured His disciples that after He left them
they could still invoke His name when they pray for something to the Father.
And through His name they can have whatever they ask in prayer to the Father.
Everything is possible with Jesus if we have faith
in Him. We can have whatever we want to have for as long as we ask Jesus’ help.
The impossible becomes very much possible when we pray to God through Jesus. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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