Gospel: John 3:13-17
Jesus said to Nicodemus: “No one has gone up to
heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted
up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” For God so
loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him
might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into
the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
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Reflection:
How do we usually love? We love those who love us.
For those who do not love us we also have a tendency not to love them in
return. This reaction is perhaps influenced by our human frailties and our
natural human reaction.
Unlike how we love the love of God is encompassing,
it’s for everyone of us. Even if we are sinners God’s love is still ours to
claim for it’s always there for us. We are in fact are always within the ambit
of God’s love no matter who we are.
When we love we always love with measure, or we
calibrate the love that we give to the love that we receive. But in hindsight
why don’t we try to love as how God loves? Why can’t we also love even those
who don’t love us back and even those who hate us?
One of the important sign of a true and faithful
follower of God is when we are able to love even those who don’t love us back.
When we are able to forgive even those who don’t ask for our forgiveness. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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