Gospel: John 10:31-42
Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law,
‘I said, ‘You are gods”‘? If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came,
and Scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that the one whom the Father has
consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of
God’?
If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe
me; but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so
that you may realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am in
the Father.” Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their
power. He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first
baptized, and there he remained.
Many came to him and said, “John performed no sign,
but everything John said about this man was true.” And many there began to
believe in him.
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Reflection:
Do you sometimes feel unrewarded for the effort/s that
you do? For example, you did something good to someone and then the person did
not care to compliment or recognize your good deed.
How would you feel? Perhaps you would be disheartened
or even feel bad. On second thought instead of feeling disheartened or bad I
think you should still feel good for the reason that you’ve done something
worthy to someone.
In the gospel, Jesus did everything for the Jews yet
they never recognized Him. He instead was persecuted for doing good. Did He
feel bad for not being given due recognition? Perhaps yes, because He was human
like us. However Jesus did not allow their ingratitude to bring Him down and
distract Him from His mission of salvation.
This is the reality of life, there are those who would not compliment us for the good that we’ve done for them. Nevertheless let us continue to do good and not be disheartened for God knows everything and God will always reward those who do good. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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