Gospel: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.”
So Jesus cried out in the temple area as
he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did
not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I
know him, because I am from him, and he sent me. So they tried to arrest him,
but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.
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Reflection:
Does Jesus fear death? Yes, He feared death, yet Jesus did not allow His fear of death to paralyze His movement and desire to do His mission for God. He continued with His mission and became more creative in doing it until He reached His appointed time of arrest, persecution and death on the cross.
We see this in the gospel reading for today, Jesus did not want to travel to Judea for the reason that the Jews were planning to kill Him. But it was the feast of tabernacles, a sacred Jewish feast that He must observe. So, Jesus went albeit secretly and there He preached with passion as if there was no threat on His life.
Do you also have fears in your life? Whatever your fears are don’t let it paralyze you. You have to face it so that you could conquer and defeat it. If Jesus let His fear of death overcome Him. There would have been no triumphant death on the cross and there would have been no salvation for all of us.
When we face our fears we live our dreams
and we are able to achieve great things for us and our fellowmen. Fear is an
instrument of the devil to prevent us from achieving great things for us and
for God. What are your fears? Ask Jesus to help you overcome it for He will
surely help you. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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