TODAY'S WORD

By


Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Rector and Parish Priest
Don Bosco Shrine
Lingarajapuram, Bangalore

John: 1:14 "And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen His glory, the glory as of a Father’s only Son,"


TODAY'S REFLECTION


New year’s eve is often a time when we look back on the past year. 

For many, the past year will have been a difficult one. 

The economic situation of the country has left many without a job and forced others to emigrate whose preference would have been to stay at home. 

Some will have lost a loved one during the year and are struggling to come to terms with the loss. 

As well as looking back on the struggles and pains of the year, new year’s eve can also be a time to look back in thanksgiving, a time to name the graces and gifts that have come our way and have enhanced our lives. 

No matter what we have been through, we all have something to give thanks for; we have all been graced in one way or another. It is that graced dimension of our lives that this morning’s gospel draws attention to. 

The greatest grace and the source of all other graces is the Lord’s presence to us. 

That grace is memorably expressed in this morning’s gospel reading as, ‘The Word was made flesh and he lived among us, and we saw his glory’. Jesus who was God became flesh as we are flesh, and as risen Lord remains with us until the end of time. 

The gospel reading also declares that ‘from his fullness we have, all of us, received – yes, grace upon grace’. We are invited to keep drawing grace upon grace from the fullness of the Lord’s loving presence. 

That realization keeps us thankful for the past and gives us confidence as we face into the future.

At the same time, we look at the many protective moments of the Lord, and thank Him!

As we thank the Lord for the gift of this year…

with its ups and downs

with its learnings and experiences

with its joyful events and sad moments

Let us also realize that…There can be no spectacular resolve

There can be no greater discovery

There can be no better resolution.


RESOLUTION

Let us resolve than to allow Jesus, the Word to take firm and absolute control of our lives!

QUESTIONS TO PONDER

Are we ready to usher in the New Year, with Jesus, the Word taking complete flesh in us?

Yes, He is The Only Way… The Only Truth… The Only Life – JESUS, THE WORD REVEALED

AND MADE FLESH!

Thank You, Lord, for the Year that has gone by.

Have a fabulous ending of 2020.  Seek to be Holier and “belonging to Christ more” in this New Year!