FAITH BOOK

From today’s Gospel reading:

Jesus said to the crowds...

And this is the will of the One who sent me,

that I should not lose anything of what God gave me,

but that I shall raise it on the last day.

Reflection:

In today’s gospel John shows that God does not have a split personality consisting of the angry and exacting Judge of all humankind...and the forgiving and loving Christ.  Rather, John tells us, in Jesus, our loving God has drawn close to us.  Jesus is the visible manifestation of God’s loving hand which holds the faithful securely in this life and will not let us go in the next.

So, we ask ourselves: 

• As I recall my beloved dead, do I believe that God holds them securely in loving hands?

• What can I do today to comfort someone who has recently suffered a death of a loved one?

• Shall I pray for those who have died recently, alone and now forgotten?