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Gospel Reading for April 27, 2024 – John 14: 7-14
OPPOSITE
Jesus said to his disciples: “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 Jesus, “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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“. . . whoever believes in me will do the works that I do . . .” We cannot claim to be Christians if we do not behave like Christ; if we live our lives doing the OPPOSITE of what he teaches; if we refuse to see him in our needy brethren, and so on and so forth. Our baptism does not guarantee eternal life unless we live as required by our baptism. Being a true Christian is a sort of “JESUS AND I ARE ONE.” Just as Jesus tells us in the gospel of today – “Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves.” Through Jesus, we have seen the Father, and if we live like Jesus, people will see Jesus through us.
Lord Jesus, may we be always one in you!
