Gospel: John 12:24-26
Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a
grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat;
but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and
whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. Whoever
serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The
Father will honor whoever serves me."
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Reflection:
Do we love our life in this world?
Jesus gives us today a puzzling statement by saying: “Whoever loves his
life loses it and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for
eternal life (John 12:25).” How could this be?
The answer perhaps to this mystifying statement is we will have no life
beyond this world: If we would love worldly life if we would love the trappings
of this world such as wealth, power and other worldly things.
We hate our life in this world yet preserve it for eternal life if we
have Christ like behaviors such as: Humility, Selflessness, Prayerfulness, Kind
heartedness and many more Christ like virtues.
Therefore, we are given two choices: To love our life in this world or
hate it. Surely there would be those who would choose to love their life in
this world but for what price? The problem of loving our present life for the
sake of this world is we slowly close our hearts to Jesus. Yet we open it wide
for the devil.
Let us discover the true meaning of life by being a true follower of
Christ and by loving Him. Let us discover the true meaning of life by denying
ourselves of the many useless excesses of this world which brings us nothing
but sin. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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