Jesus prays

GOSPEL: John 17:1-11A

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said,
"Father, the hour has come.
Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you,
just as you gave him authority over all people,
so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him.
Now this is eternal life,
that they should know you, the only true God,
and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
I glorified you on earth
by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do.
Now glorify me, Father, with you,
with the glory that I had with you before the world began.

"I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world.
They belonged to you, and you gave them to me,
and they have kept your word.
Now they know that everything you gave me is from you,
because the words you gave to me I have given to them,
and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you,
and they have believed that you sent me.
I pray for them.
I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me,
because they are yours, and everything of mine is yours
and everything of yours is mine,
and I have been glorified in them.
And now I will no longer be in the world,
but they are in the world, while I am coming to you."

Reflection

🙏We need no wings to go in search of him but have only to find a place where we can be alone and look upon his present within us.🙏

1corinthians 3:16.
surely you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you.🌷

8 May 2015 - Greatest commandment

Friday of the 5th Week of Easter

GOSPEL: John 15:12-17

Jesus said to his disciples:
"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one's life for one's friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
I no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another."

Reflection:

In today's Gospel, Jesus tells us to love one another. V may find it very easy. V think that v can love 1 another very easily.

Bt as I ponder over this more, I realize that how difficult it is to love. How can I love my enemies? How can I love those who cause pain to others?  How can I love when I am hurt by others? 

These r nt easy questions to deal with, yet Jesus loved all. He has set an example b4 us & called us all His friends. Jesus had a loving friendship with all of His disciples & v are called into this loving friendship with God.

Today, Jesus is teaching us to love one another as He loved. He speaks abt d sacrificial love (He died for us on d Cross) - Laying down our lives for others, meaning - when v love others it shd cause us pain. We all accept d love that others give us, but r v as quick to give that love as v r to receive it?

God loves us all, no matter hw bad v r, hw sinful v r. His love is unconditional. And in order to love others v need to experience His love in our lives. As St Paul wrote, "If I have no love, I am nothing (1 Cor 13:2)."

May ur love b always upon us O Lord, so that v may b able to express d same love to others.

Jesus loves u. Hv a lovely day ahead. God bless.

💐💙Wt love....Fr Robin, Powai💙💐

7 April 2015 — GOSPEL: John 20:11-18

GOSPEL: John 20:11-18

Mary Magdalene stayed outside the tomb weeping.
And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb
and saw two angels in white sitting there,
one at the head and one at the feet
where the Body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"
She said to them, "They have taken my Lord,
and I don't know where they laid him."
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there,
but did not know it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?
Whom are you looking for?"
She thought it was the gardener and said to him,
"Sir, if you carried him away,
tell me where you laid him,
and I will take him."
Jesus said to her, "Mary!"
She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni,"
which means Teacher.
Jesus said to her, "Stop holding on to me,
for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
'I am going to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.'"
Mary went and announced to the disciples,
"I have seen the Lord,"
and then reported what he had told her.

Reflection:

In today's gospel, v heard abt d appearance of d risen Lord Jesus to Mary Magdalene. According to d Gospels, d 1st person to see d risen Lord was Mary Magdalene - a woman.

A woman's witness was nt valid in d court of law & yet d 1st witness of Christ's resurrection was a woman.
She is d 1st & gr8est witness of Christ's resurrection.

Mary Magdalene did nt forget d favour d Lord had done to her. She clung on to Jesus and didn't leave d tomb bz she loved Him. She was gr8ful to Jesus bz He had released her frm d bondage of d devils, when she was possessed by 7 devils (Lk 8:2).

Out of love for Jesus Mary Magdalene remained around d tomb, looking around for signs of Jesus. And finally, she encountered Jesus. Her love for Jesus and perseverance in searching for Him paid off. And she even followed d Lord's command of proclaiming d Good News of d resurrection.

Hv v forgotten d favours d Lord has done in our lives??????
Are v persevering in searching & loving Him??????

Jesus loves u. Hv a blessed day ahead. God bless.

💐💙Wt love....Fr Robin, Powai💙💐

30 March 2015- GOSPEL: John 12:1-11

Monday of Holy Week

GOSPEL: John 12:1-11

Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany,
where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served,
while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.
Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil
made from genuine aromatic nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair;
the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Then Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples,
and the one who would betray him, said,
"Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days' wages
and given to the poor?"
He said this not because he cared about the poor
but because he was a thief and held the money bag
and used to steal the contributions.
So Jesus said, "Leave her alone.
Let her keep this for the day of my burial.
You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."

The large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came,
not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus,
whom he had raised from the dead.
And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too,
because many of the Jews were turning away
and believing in Jesus because of him.

Reflection:

In today's Gospel, v saw Jesus once again at Bethany. This time He was there to celebrate a "return to life" party for Lazarus.

Martha was as usual busy serving Jesus & d guests. Lazarus was simply sitting there quietly. Bt Mary once again chose d best part, sitting at the feet of Jesus, anointing Him with costly oil.

She did it bz Jesus had done a gr8 favour to her by raising up her dead brother - Lazarus. Mary was also gr8ful to Jesus for all d lessons He had taught her when she sat at His feet.

Her anointing of Jesus' feet wt a very costly perfume manifested her gr8fulness & true love for Jesus. Mary's joy of giving was precious. She did it out of love for Jesus. Her gift was precious bz it prompted by love.

Not like Judas who always pretended to show his love for Jesus, bt actually he always craved for money & never understood d true love of Jesus.

As v hv entered into d Holy Week, let us get into d feelings & passion of Jesus & experience His true love for us.

Hv I been gr8ful to Jesus for what He has done for me?

Hv I understood d real love of Jesus for me?

Jesus loves u. Hv a blessed Holy Week. God bless.

💐💙Wt Love. ...Fr Robin, Powai💙💐

26 March 2015 — GOSPEL John 8:51-59

Thursday of the 5th Week of Lent

GOSPEL John 8:51-59

Jesus said to the Jews:
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever keeps my word will never see death."
So the Jews said to him,
"Now we are sure that you are possessed.
Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say,
'Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.'
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died?
Or the prophets, who died?
Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing;
but it is my Father who glorifies me,
of whom you say, 'He is our God.'
You do not know him, but I know him.
And if I should say that I do not know him,
I would be like you a liar.
But I do know him and I keep his word.
Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day;
he saw it and was glad."
So the Jews said to him,
"You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?"
Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you,
before Abraham came to be, I AM."
So they picked up stones to throw at him;
but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.

Reflection:

In today's Gospel, Jesus very solemnly said, "Before Abraham was, I AM."

There is a vast difference between Abraham & Jesus.

Abraham was a friend of God and Jesus is d Son of God. Abraham was gr8, bt his gr8est glory is being d father of d Messiah - Jesus Christ. Abraham lives in God's house as a slave, bt Christ Jesus reigns there as d Son.

Abraham is d father of faith & a best example of faith, bt Jesus is d object of faith. While Abraham founded many nations, Christ Jesus founded & inaugurated d eternal Kingdom of God. Abraham was a gr8 leader, bt Jesus Christ is d gr8 Saviour.

Betn Abraham & Jesus Christ, there is d vast difference of a creature & d Creator. That is d main reason Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I AM."

It is a gr8 honour to b related to d Messiah. V, who believe in Jesus Christ & hv promised to hold fast to His teaching, r gr8ly honoured & privileged bz v r related to Him, not so much by blood, bt by our faith in Him.

May d Lord strengthen our relationship wt Him.

Jesus loves u. Hv a gr8 day ahead. God bless.

💐💙Wt Love. ...  Fr Robin, Powai💙💐

24 March 2015 — GOSPEL: John 8:21-30

Tuesday of the 5th Week of Lent

GOSPEL: John 8:21-30

Jesus said to the Pharisees:
"I am going away and you will look for me,
but you will die in your sin.
Where I am going you cannot come."
So the Jews said,
"He is not going to kill himself, is he,
because he said, 'Where I am going you cannot come'?"
He said to them, "You belong to what is below,
I belong to what is above.
You belong to this world,
but I do not belong to this world.
That is why I told you that you will die in your sins.
For if you do not believe that I AM,
you will die in your sins."
So they said to him, "Who are you?"
Jesus said to them, "What I told you from the beginning.
I have much to say about you in condemnation.
But the one who sent me is true,
and what I heard from him I tell the world."
They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father.
So Jesus said to them,
"When you lift up the Son of Man,
then you will realize that I AM,
and that I do nothing on my own,
but I say only what the Father taught me.
The one who sent me is with me.
He has not left me alone,
because I always do what is pleasing to him."
Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.

Reflection:

In today's Gospel, Jesus is speaking abt Himself & telling d pple that only when they hv killed Him they will realise that He is d Son of God bz only then they will see His glory.

Like d bronze serpent on d pole, Christ on d Cross will bring us new life. V r called to believe in Jesus though v hv nt seen Him with our own eyes.

The Jews in Egypt saw God's power when He led them to freedom, yet they turned against Him. We must not turn against Him, bt must put our total trust in Him, spreading His Gospel thruout our lives.

Our Lord has revealed Himself to d world. He is not just a gr8 man, an amazing prophet, or an incredible miracle worker.

He is d Gr8 "I AM". He is our Lord & Savior, He is d Light, d Vine, d Gate, d Way, d Truth, d Life, d Resurrection, d beginning & end of our life & faith journey.

V all must hv d Spirit of Jesus in us.

Prayer: "Lord, here I am. Take me; love me; embrace me; support me; encourage me; heal me; strengthen me; believe in me, and love me till v r 1 again". Amen.

Jesus loves u. Hv a gracefilled day ahead. God bless.

💐💙Wt Love. ...  Fr Robin, Powai💙💐