Gospel Reading for May 3, 2025 – John 14: 6-14
COMPLETELY COMPREHEND
Feast of Sts. Philip and James
Jesus said to Thomas, “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. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.”
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How difficult indeed it is to understand how Jesus is in the Father and the Father is in him. Of course, we are not God. There are things our human mind will never be able to COMPLETELY COMPREHEND. What is important is that we believe what Jesus says: He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and it is only through him that we can go to the Father. Knowing more than this, or getting proof of this, is unnecessary. We just need to TRULY BELIEVE. This is why Faith is belief in things unseen. If we need proof of everything, then it is not Faith. Faith is that side of a person which enables him/her to communicate with God in every possible way.
When we follow Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, we can rest assured that we are on the right path to eternal life.
Let us ponder on this song written by James Ferguson, Jaywan Maxwell & Ian Lewis, THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE –
I will fix my eyes on Christ
The one and only way
I will follow in His steps
He leads me day by day
I won’t trust in empty words
That wash away like sand
I have heard the Gospel truth
And on that rock I stand
I will follow the Son
He goes before me
Through death into glory
Preparing the way
‘Til the day He returns
I walk with assurance
For I know the Way,
and the Truth, and the Life
Now death has no claim on me
My king rose from the grave
As He rose so I will rise
The Life has called my name
I will run the race with hope and faith
No turning back He leads the way
On that final day with thanks and praise
I will run through Heaven’s gates
