Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Gospel
Jn 4:43-54
At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee.
For Jesus himself testified
that a prophet has no honor in his native place.
When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him,
since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast;
for they themselves had gone to the feast.
Then he returned to Cana in Galilee,
where he had made the water wine.
Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.
When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,
he went to him and asked him to come down
and heal his son, who was near death.
Jesus said to him,
"Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe."
The royal official said to him,
"Sir, come down before my child dies."
Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live."
The man believed what Jesus said to him and left.
While the man was on his way back,
his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live.
He asked them when he began to recover.
They told him,
"The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon."
The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him,
"Your son will live,"
and he and his whole household came to believe.
Now this was the second sign Jesus did
when he came to Galilee from Judea.
SIGNS – Actually, hindi ako naniniwala sa signs. Pero naniniwala ako sa symbols/kutob/mission. Parang ganoon din pero ibang treatment ang ginagawa ko. Halimbawa, kapag napunta ako sa isang lugar naniniwala ako na mayroon akong mission doon. Makakaalis lang ako kapag natupad ko na ang mission. Sa lahat ng pinagtrabahuhan ko at sa lahat ng mga nakasalamuha ko, naniniwala ako na may pinapagawa sa akin ang Diyos. May gusto siyang iparating sa mga taong iyon through me. At hanggang hindi ko nagagawa iyong gusto Niya, mananatili naman ako sa lugar na iyon. Mahirap lang talagang malaman kung ano ang plans Niya pero kung mananamplataya ka gaya ng Royal Official sa pagbasa mangyayari ang mga mabubuting bagay. Minsan nga kapag gusto ko na ng ibang experiences, nag-iisip ako ng mga bagay na maaaring pinapagawa niya tapos gagawin ko, nakakapagmove-on naman ako. Try niyo rin kaya. Kunwari gusto mo nang makaalis sa current job mo, ano kayang mission ang inilaan sa iyo para sa workplace na iyon? Tapos gawin and let's see kung anong mangyayari. God bless u all!
Jn 4:43-54
At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee.
For Jesus himself testified
that a prophet has no honor in his native place.
When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him,
since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast;
for they themselves had gone to the feast.
Then he returned to Cana in Galilee,
where he had made the water wine.
Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.
When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,
he went to him and asked him to come down
and heal his son, who was near death.
Jesus said to him,
"Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe."
The royal official said to him,
"Sir, come down before my child dies."
Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live."
The man believed what Jesus said to him and left.
While the man was on his way back,
his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live.
He asked them when he began to recover.
They told him,
"The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon."
The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him,
"Your son will live,"
and he and his whole household came to believe.
Now this was the second sign Jesus did
when he came to Galilee from Judea.
SIGNS – Actually, hindi ako naniniwala sa signs. Pero naniniwala ako sa symbols/kutob/mission. Parang ganoon din pero ibang treatment ang ginagawa ko. Halimbawa, kapag napunta ako sa isang lugar naniniwala ako na mayroon akong mission doon. Makakaalis lang ako kapag natupad ko na ang mission. Sa lahat ng pinagtrabahuhan ko at sa lahat ng mga nakasalamuha ko, naniniwala ako na may pinapagawa sa akin ang Diyos. May gusto siyang iparating sa mga taong iyon through me. At hanggang hindi ko nagagawa iyong gusto Niya, mananatili naman ako sa lugar na iyon. Mahirap lang talagang malaman kung ano ang plans Niya pero kung mananamplataya ka gaya ng Royal Official sa pagbasa mangyayari ang mga mabubuting bagay. Minsan nga kapag gusto ko na ng ibang experiences, nag-iisip ako ng mga bagay na maaaring pinapagawa niya tapos gagawin ko, nakakapagmove-on naman ako. Try niyo rin kaya. Kunwari gusto mo nang makaalis sa current job mo, ano kayang mission ang inilaan sa iyo para sa workplace na iyon? Tapos gawin and let's see kung anong mangyayari. God bless u all!
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