Gospel: John 3:16-18
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. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
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Reflection:
How do you exercise your love to your spouse? There are times that this love is with condition, you love when you receive love in return. But when the love that you give is unrequited this love wanes until it finally evaporates from our hearts and this is how we normally love.
In our readings for this Sunday most especially the gospel, God opens our hearts to a much deeper kind of love. A love that cannot be measured by anything, love that has no limits and a love that is coupled with humility and sacrifice.
God’s love is not like how we express our love. For we are always conscious about what we could get back in return for the love that we give. This is the complete opposite of God’s love. Love in the eyes of God is when we are willing to sacrifice even at the cost of our very own life.
Today is the solemnity of the Holy Trinity, the three persons in one God. How are they able to co-exist without any conflict? How can they be one yet three? They harmoniously co-exist because they have the love of God.
The Holy Trinity for many of us is a mystery but not anymore for some of us. Why? Because they already have in their hearts the love of God, let us therefore ask the Holy Trinity to covert our hearts according to His love.
If God gave HIS very own son for his love for you, what can you give God in return? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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