Gospel: John 15:18-21
Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No
slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also
persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will
do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the
one who sent me.”
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Reflection:
There were two brothers who had two different motivations in life. One aspired to become rich and the other one had simple aspirations. His only aim was to serve God in whatever capacity and then live a simple and quite life.
After forty years both of them were retired already the one who became worldly was very envious of his brother. This is for the reason that the brother who served the church had a settled and peaceful life than him.
Jesus in our gospel gives us the two pathways of life that we could choose: The worldly life or a peaceful life with Him. By virtue of our baptism Jesus had already called us to tread the peaceful and simple life with Him.
This has always been His desire for all of
us but many of us chose not to follow this plan of God. Thus, we create our own
selfish plan for ourselves and we embrace the chaotic and problematic life of
this world. We all know what will happen to all of us once we chose to embrace
the life of this world. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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