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Gospel Reading for May 03, 2026 – John 14: 1-12
TEMPORARY
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be. Where I am going you know the way.” Thomas said to him, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen 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? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father.”
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Many children feel insecure when their parents are not around or when they are left at home. They may become anxious, fearing that their parents might not return. Yet these fears gradually fade as they experience a consistent pattern of their parents coming back.
As children of God, the words of Jesus are deeply reassuring:
“I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.”
If we truly believe that Jesus will return and take us to himself, how blessed we are. We need not be anxious about death or the end of our earthly life. We can live with joy and peace, even in the midst of pain and suffering, because all these are TEMPORARY.
Let us then live each day as if it were our last—giving our very best and offering to God all that we do.
Lord Jesus, we hold on to your promise that you will come back and take us to yourself!
