Gospel: John
14:6-14
Jesus said to
Thomas, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now
on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Master, show us the
Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with
you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen
me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not
believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak
to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his
works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else,
believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever
believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than
these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I
will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of
me in my name, I will do it.”
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Reflection:
A typical
marriage vows goes like this: For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in
sickness and in health, until death do us part. A man and a woman become one by
virtue of the Sacrament of Marriage.
Jesus
objective for instituting this Sacrament is to permanently bind these two
separate and distinct individuals so that they may become one. This union must
always be for life. It must never be based on convenience but based on mutual
trust and respect for each other.
In our gospel
for today, it is very obvious that Jesus wants to point out to Philip and to us
too that He and God the father are one. Although God the Father and Jesus are
two different persons, they are one and the same God. They both have the same
desire for all of humanity and that is salvation for us all.
We believe
this oneness of Jesus and God the Father, although they are two different
persons. We must also strongly believe in the Sanctity of the Sacrament of
Matrimony. That it is a union for life and nobody can separate both spouses
except mortal death.
But sad to
say, many don’t anymore believe in the Sanctity of Marriage. And who is to
blame for this? To blame is the worldliness of humanity. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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