Gospel: John 3:7-15
Jesus said to
Nicodemus: “‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it wills, and
you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or
where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus
answered and said to him, ‘How can this happen?” Jesus answered and said to
him, “You are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this? Amen, amen,
I say to you, we speak of what we know and we testify to what we have seen, but
you people do not accept our testimony. If I tell you about earthly things and
you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 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.”
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Reflection:
What does our firm
faith in Jesus gives us? It gives us the courage to face the many challenges of
our lives. It gives us the confidence that after our pilgrimage in this world
is over we would now be having our eternal life with Jesus in heaven.
Faith is a gift that
Jesus freely gives to each and everyone of us. However, even if it’s a gift we
must also ask for it. For example if children want something from their parents
they would ask for it from them. And once the parents realize that what their children
are asking is reasonable then they would give it to them with love.
The same is true
with faith; it’s a gift that we must ask Jesus to give us we ask for it in
humble prayer. And if we do this Jesus would never refuse us He will freely
give us this gift of faith. This same faith will now give us the confidence to
always look-up and pray to Jesus on the cross.
In our gospel Jesus
said to Nicodemus: ‘You must be born from above. Perhaps Jesus is asking
Nicodemus to have more faith in Him and not to have faith on himself and on
this world. Perhaps, this is also what Jesus is asking from us today. We must
also be born from above and never be born from this world. We must have our
faith in Him and not have our faith in this world.
