Gospel: Jn 14:6-14
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me. If you know me, you will know
the Father also; indeed you know him, and you have seen him.” Philip asked him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that is enough.”
Jesus said to him, “What! I have been with you so long and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever sees me sees the Father;
how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? All that I say to you, I do not say
of myself. The Father who dwells in me is doing his own work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; at least believe
it on the evidence of these works that I do. Truly, I say to you, the one who believes in me will do the same works that I do; and he will even do
greater than these, for I am going to the Father. Everything you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Indeed,
anything you ask, calling upon my name, I will do it.
Reflection:
The greatest legacy of our parents is us. Who we are today is a product of
their painstaking parenting that they did day in and day out during our young
formative years. That is why they shine in us. What they leave behind in us is
an imprint of themselves. No wonder Jesus said that whoever has seen Him has
seen the Father. All that He has comes from the Father. And all of these He returns
back to the Father. There was no holding back for both of them. That is why
Jesus in His humanity is the perfect icon of the Father. He is the spitting image of
His Father.
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