20 April, 2023 | Thursday of the Second Week of Easter

 Gospel Jn 3:31-36



 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.  He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.  Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.   For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.  The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.   Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.


Reflection

John says that Christ must increase and I must decrease, because Christ is the eternal Word of God-existing with God in the beginning-indeed, came to this earth to reveal, testify, and witness to that which he had seen and heard in the presence of God from all eternity. John came to prepare the way for the Lord so others may be led towards the real bridegroom, Jesus. Jesus says in Jn17:25, “O righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these know that you have sent me”. Do we believe in the testimony of Jesus, His truthfulness and His Spirit-filled authority over all humanity? Am I able to say He must increase and I must decrease in all my activity by giving glory to God?



Location: Eurasia

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

24 March, 2023 | Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Image
 Gospel Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret. 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.   Reflection:  In today’s gospel we find J...
Read more