Friday, January 4, 2019
Before Epiphany
1st Reading: 1 Jn 3:7-10
Gospel: John 1:35-42
John was at Bethany across the Jordan with two of his disciples. As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and said, “There is the Lamb of God.” On hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. He turned and saw them following, and he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They answered, “Rabbi (which means Master), where are you staying?” Jesus said, “Come and see.” So they went and saw where he stayed and spent the rest of that day with him. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard what John had said and followed Jesus. Early the next morning he found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means the Christ), and he brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John, but you shall be called Cephas” (which means Rock).
D@iGITAL EXPERIENCE
D@iLY GOSPEL IN OUR LIFE EXPERIENCE
After John the Baptist identified Jesus as the Lamb of God, two of his supporters left his group and followed Jesus. John did not mind losing his members. He knew where he stood as herald of the Messiah.
These two former followers may have been in search for the Lamb of God for some time. When Jesus asked them what they were searching for, they answered him by asking where he was staying. That was an indirect way of saying they have been in search of him.
Christian life is an on-going search for God. You know the difference between going on and on-going. “Going on” refers to an activity in the present that may end anytime thereafter. “On going”, on the other hand, embraces the future and makes no reference of a specific end. Only an on-going search can give meaning to life. We toil each day and labor by night but all we get is a moment of satisfaction. One instance of happiness only heightens the thirst, and life becomes a constant craving for more without being satiated. It is like being condemned to a perpetual search for something that amounts to nothing.
“Are you tired of chasing pretty rainbows?” asks a song composed by a Salesian cleric. “Drop your sword and cry for just a while”, is the suggestion of the song ‘The Warrior is a Child’. It is futile to work for perfect satisfaction on earth because the world is incapable of giving it. Go search for Jesus, know where he lives and he will show you a life full of meaning. But be ready for the challenge because it is reserved for those who are willing to climb Calvary with Him.
Then your life shall also become a sign for others that points to the Lamb of God! – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM . Email: dan.delosangeles@gmail.com.
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