Gospel: John 1:19-28
This is the testimony of John. When the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests
and Levites to him to ask him, “Who are you? He admitted and did not deny it,
but admitted “I am not the Christ.” So they asked him, “What are you then? Are
you Elijah? And he said, “I am not. “Are you the Prophet? He answered, No. So
they said to him, “Who are you, so we can give an answer to those who sent us?
What do you have to say for yourself?”
He said:
“I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way
of the Lord, as Isaiah the prophet said. Some Pharisees were also sent. They
asked him “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ or Elijah or the
Prophet? John answered them “I baptize with water; but there is one among you
whom you do not recognize the one who is coming after me whose sandal strap I
am not worthy to untie. This happened in Bethany across the Jordan where John
was baptizing.
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Reflection:
How can we remain in the perpetual grace of God? We would always remain
in the perpetual grace of God when we are always humble. But it’s hard to be
humble all the time, it’s hard to bow; it’s hard to bend in humility. It’s hard
to conquer our egos most especially when we are doing well.
John the Baptist remained in the perpetual grace of God for he was always
humble. He did not salivate for power and fame; he never had an awareness of
the word ego for he remained humble and self-effacing throughout his short
life.
We know now how to be in the perpetual grace of God. But then again we
will say, “It’s hard to be humble all the time.” It’s hard indeed to be humble
all the time for the simple reason perhaps that we think that humility is a
byproduct of our own effort.
We don’t dispense humility to ourselves, its God through the graciousness
of the Holy Spirit that gives us the grace of humility. We therefore pray to
Jesus to grant us the grace of humility for He freely dispense it to those who
humbly ask for it.
Have you already asked Jesus to dispense unto you the virtue of humility?
- Marino J. Dasmarinas
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