Reflection for WEDNESDAY, 3rd Week of Easter.
By
Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Director, Social Action Movement, Don Bosco Bidar
Reflective Reading of the Word of God
John 6:35-40
It is my Father's will that whoever sees the Son should have eternal life
Jesus said to the crowd:
‘I am the bread of life.
He who comes to me will never be hungry;
he who believes in me will never thirst.
But, as I have told you,
you can see me and still you do not believe.
All that the Father gives me will come to me,
and whoever comes to me I shall not turn him away;
because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will,
but to do the will of the one who sent me.
Now the will of him who sent me
is that I should lose nothing of all that he has given to me,
and that I should raise it up on the last day.
Yes, it is my Father’s will
that whoever sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life,
and that I shall raise him up on the last day.’
Reflection on the Readings
It is said that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration (Thomas Edison)
It means that a person achieves great things primarily through hard work rather than creative ideas.
That can also be said when it comes to understanding God’s plans, as the early Church in the 1st reading showed us.
A bitter persecution against the Church started after the martyrdom of Stephen, and the believers fled and were scattered all over the place.
But as they went from to place to place, they kept the faith and they preached the Good News.
And in some places like the Samaritan town that Philip went to, they welcomed the Good News.
And there was also deliverance and healing and there was great rejoicing.
So out of tribulation and perspiration, there was revelation and inspiration.
The early believers kept the faith and they were strengthened by Jesus, their Bread of Life.
As we partake of the Bread of Life, Jesus will reveal God’s plan for us and we will get the inspiration to keep proclaiming the Good News.
GOD BLESS YOU
Good morning. Have a nice day.