Sunday, May 26, 2019 6th Sunday of Easter 1st Reading: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 2nd Reading: Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23 Gospel: John 14:23-29
Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word and my Father will love him; and we will come to him and make a room in his home. But if anyone does not love me, he will not keep my words, and these words that you hear are not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
“I told you all this while I was still with you. From now on the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of all that I have told you.
“Peace be with you; I give you my peace. Not as the world gives peace do I give it to you. Do not be troubled; do not be afraid. You heard me say: ‘I am going away, but I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
I have told you this now before it takes place, so that when it does happen you may believe.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
In today’s Gospel reading Jesus offered peace to his disciples. In so doing he bequeathed peace to the whole world. Today’s Gospel message about peace is timely now that Election Day is over. If as today’s Gospel tells us Christ has bequeathed peace to the world before he ascended to heaven, how come peace has remained elusive until today in our country? The answer may be found also in today’s Gospel reading. The Gospel clarifies that the peace that Christ gave to the world is not the peace that people expect, devoid of any counterpart duties and obligations. It is the peace that requires interior change, and involves self-sacrifice.
One camp working alone for peace is like rowing a boat from one side. The boat moves, yes, but without any defined direction. Something similar happens in our quest for peace. In demanding that political leaders invest sacrifice to attain peace for our country, we must be willing to do our counterpart. How much self-abnegation have we invested in the past elections? Were we able close an eye to what a political candidate has done to us at the personal level during the campaign period? Did we vote for candidates on the basis of what they could do to the country? Many of the candidates were not first-timers. Did we check their track record of public service?
Chaos in this country is the creation of our collective greed. The worst form of corruption happens during the elections when voters are shamelessly indifferent and vote just anybody without moral basis. No wonder peace is still elusive in our country even as Jesus had already bequeathed peace to the world! – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., D.M.
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