Prayer Prompt before reading JN 5:17-30: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father and God the Son are so that I may know who I am.
“I CANNOT DO ANYTHING ON MY OWN; I JUDGE AS I HEAR, AND MY JUDGMENT IS JUST,BECAUSE I DO NOT SEEK MY OWN WILL BUT THE WILL OF THE ONE WHO SENT ME.” JN 5:17-30
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
It is brave indeed for One to say He is One with the Father. Who has walked the earth and said, “I am one with the heavenly Father”? Yep, only Jesus. Many have worshiped the One true God, but no one dare claim to be equal. Once again, Jesus is either a radical liar or equal to the Father. I smell Truth of a Trinity here. Jesus talks about judgment today.
I like to change my mind sometimes. Some people change their mind a lot. I like to make decisions and some people have a hard time making decisions. With Jesus, there is something we must make up our mind on and stick to it and something we cannot change our mind on, the fact that we will die, be judged, and go to heaven or hell for all of eternity(that is a long time by the way).
In the Rich Man and Lazarus parable, Jesus warns us that the after life is eternal states that cannot be changed. We must cherish every second we have on earth to make the right decisions and do the right things. We will die. We will be judged. ”For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son the possession of life in himself. And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man.”
In your heart, have you really made the decision to allow Jesus to completely rule your life? Me either. It is time to make that decision, we do not get second chances after we die and death is immanent. Most importantly, there is nothing more that God wants but to have His cherished creation come back to Him. He loves you more than you love yourself. He wants you to be a saint more than you want it yourself, to be with Him for all eternity. He wants you to know His Will. SO LET HIM LOVE YOU!
Today’s challenge: Reflect on the 4 final things, death, judgment, heaven, hell. It’s your choice, God has already done the legwork by giving us His Son, now it’s time to believe. Give yourself to Jesus totally and completely and allow Him to love you, His greatest desire.
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; We will live again!)
Jesus knows what is best for us, and what is best is for us to give our life up completely to Him. Jesus is not demanding or commanding us to do this, He is asking. He wants us to have what is best, and He has loved us from the moment of creation, which is why He gave us free will. He allows us to choose, and asks that we listen to Him. So we need to surrender completely to God.
now it’s time to believe
that part stuck out to me because you have to believe in yourself and believe in the power of God and that you believe he can do all things good. Believing in yourself can be hard, but we have to have belief in ourselves if we want God to work with us. So, believe and you shall receive.
I think that God is trying to tell us that he is putting all of our sins that we did and that he is going to go up on the cross and there will be judgement for the after life.
In today’s gospel it talks of how Jesus made himself equal to God and how the reacted they wanted to kill him even for he made himself equal to God so he told them “Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own,
but only what he sees the Father doing;
for what he does, the Son will do also.”, they did not believe anyone could be equal to God though they did not realized jesus is the real son god but also God.
In today’s Gospel these words stuck out to me
“Amen, amen, I say to you’ They mean that God
is praying for us and we are praying to him for
guidence in our lives God wants us to be the best
that we can be.
I think that in today’s Gospel Jesus is trying to say that we need to believe in him to believe in the Father and we need to believe in the father to believe in him. Also I think he is restarting the fact that God is his Father and that he is the Son of Man and should be treated and worshiped as the Son of Man should be.
Jesus said He is the son of the Father. During this time people could not believe this because He was basically saying that He is equal to God. Some might take this wrongly and what happen to Jesus was apart of this. Even Jesus said He cannot do anything on His own but with the Father Who sent me. Just like Jesus needs God we need God too which is why we need to do our best to get to know Him.
“I cannot do anything on my own” we need to accept this. We believe that if we can’t do it on our own we are weak. We are never alone when we are with God he is always watching and helping us in any way he can we just need to stop saying,”no I can do this myself” because we can’t. We need to start letting God and the Holy Spirit help.
In your life have you really made the decision to have Jesus control your life? This stands out to me because it is so so important for us to have Jesus the center of our life. If we can let Jesus be the center of our life then that is the way we will get to heaven, that is the only way we can get to Him, is by trusting Him and letting Him take us, take control of our lives.
“I CANNOT DO ANYTHING ON MY OWN; I JUDGE AS I HEAR, AND MY JUDGMENT IS JUST,BECAUSE I DO NOT SEEK MY OWN WILL BUT THE WILL OF THE ONE WHO SENT ME.” JN 5:17-3
In this Gospel, I believe Jesus is trying to reveal to us that he is equal with the Father, and the Holy Spirit, because is is literally the Son of the living God. When everyone gets mad at Him for breaking the Sabbath, it is actually the Son of God and you’re worried about the sabbath? Like why don’t you acknowledge who’s in front of you and praise and worship him? I ask myself these questions daily because we too also do this and we don’t see him when he is always with us. We receive during Mass and yet we still continue to sin, but he is always going to be there for us.
Something that I got out of this was that we need to be brave, and out there like Jesus about our faith. Many people are scared to say anything about God outside of their churches and families. We need to be able to not be scared to spread the good news to other people. Many people have not heard anything about Jesus due to their family being a different religion, or just isolation from the normal world. There are so many people that we can save by just telling them about the life of Jesus Christ. People might say,”oh I am going to get made fun of,” but that is not the point. Jesus Christ, king of kings died innocent free of sins, the most perfect person in the whole world just because he was saying things that people don’t like. So why should we expect anything different.
Jesus loves you more than you love yourself. Jesus wants us to join him in heaven, where we will be with him for eternal life. We have to love every moment we are alive because we never know when our judgment day will come.
In the Gospel Jesus says that he has the power from the Father. And saying that whatever you do to the son you do to the father. This means that what they did to Jesus when they killed him, killed God too. When was the last time you have ever been nice to someone. You may think it’s been a while. Your actions determine who you are now. Who you are now determines what kind of person you are. A Sinner. When Jesus said that whoever does good deeds to the resurrection will be awakened, whoever does no good deeds, will never be awakened but dead. This is your judgement, St. Augustine had a routine of recognizing the actions that he did today, reflecting the good and the bad, and trying to work on the bad. What kind of person are you, the person that gives, loves, and a holy disciple of Christ. Or just the one that makes him/herself feel better than others. Don’t be that kind of person. Do not think you are smarter than God, because no one is better than God. No one can have the power of God. Only Jesus, think about what you are doing. Because you will never know if you are going to be sentenced to death or life. Run to the father, seek him, no one else.
Jesus warns us that the after life is eternal states that cannot be changed. This is a powerful sentence because it means that we must cherish and care for the things we have and the things we have to come.
We need to appreciate every moment we have on earth because just as God can give us life he can also take life away at any time which is why we need to make right decisions and be holy people of God so that we may go to Heaven and spend eternal life with God.
If Jesus lied about being God’s son he is a very bad person and that is why so many people believe him. He wouldn’t lie about something like that and there is no harm that can come from loving God, the worst thing that can happen is he isn’t real but even then at least you were a good person. We only have one life and we need to make the most of it because there isn’t much time left. We should strive to be as close as possible to the Father and love him so much so we can meet him in heaven and live eternally with him.
”For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son the possession of life in himself. And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man.” In this scripture its saying that we need to make the right decisions. God loves you more than you love yourself. He wants you to be a saint more than you want it yourself
In today’s Gospel, Jesus talks about how He is the Son of the Father. He tells people “those who have done good deeds
to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.” If we act as true Catholics or how we were called to act, we will receive eternal life in heaven with God. We also need to believe. If we believe but do not act as Christ told us we will probably not end up with the Father in heaven and same if we don’t believe and don’t act as we are supposed to. It is imperative that we act as we are called to and to serve our neighbor and live our life for God.
“I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.” I like this because I feel like Jesus is saying he wants the will of God, which is what we all want and have. I also think this could work with us with our parents as well, because we want them to be proud and we want them to want the best for us and care. I also feel like in this scripture the father and son is God and Jesus.
“I like to change my mind sometimes. Some people change their mind a lot. I like to make decisions and some people have a hard time making decisions.” Today God is telling me that no one is perfect and people aren’t always sure what to pick. That could mean if they should follow God or not, or even something simple like chocolate or vanilla. No one will ever make All of the right choices because we aren’t perfect. We all mae mistakes, some bigger than others, but at the end of the day thats not what matters. What matters if we make the right decision to follow God to help heal those mistakes.
At the start of the Gospel it tells why the Jews are getting angry at Jesus and want to kill him because he is saying that he is the son of the father and they think he is not the son of the father but he really is. The next part he talks about is him doing what he sees the father doing. Jesus sees his father creating the earth and wanting to keep his creation sacred so he is doing that by preaching and telling everyone how to do this. After he says that he wants the son to be honored in the way that his father is honored. I think this is talking about him being in the trinity with the father and the holy spirit and just shows that he had the father are 3 persons in one including the holy spirit. Then he says those who hear the voice will live. I think he is saying that those who follow me and listen to what I say will live with the father forever in the after life just as the father has life in himself. in himself shows that they will spend eternity with him. Then it says that he also gave life in his son this once again shows the Trinity and spending eternity with God and Jesus. Then he gave him the power to exercise judgement. This kind of throws me off because he says he is on equal power but he has power bestowed upon him to make judgement. I don’t think that it is saying that he has bestowed power onto him. I think this is showing that he is just making himself again a third person with power to make judgement. Then he says this is the son of man. Don’t be surprised when he saves and everyone who is trapped in tombs. Those who hear his voice will be saved and go to the father and spend eternity with him. But those who do not hear his voice will go and spend eternity with the devil because they did not want to spend eternity with God. Then he says again that he is here to submit to the will of God.
In this story, it is calling me to cherish every moment. And to also choose that God can take over my life and lead me from evil to Christ.
I think this is telling us we cant be whole without submitting ourselves to God and his will. We can make willing decisions in life but without him we cant lead our hearts into heaven or the kingdom of God.
What stood out to me was: “With Jesus, there is something we must make up our mind on and stick to it and something we cannot change our mind on, the fact that we will die, be judged, and go to heaven or hell for all of eternity.” This stuck out to me because even though we have free will there are still some things we can not change in our mind or on earth or in Heaven and in Hell.
“My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.”Jesus tells the people that if they believe in our father they shall be gifted with eternal life.He talks about the relationship with the father.I fell like he is telling us not to just believe in him but the one that made him the father of all fathers
there is only one God, and we are all like Lazarus because we need God to come in are lifes and safe us.
In today’s Gospel Jesus tells us that if we do not believe in Him we do not believe in the Father. If we do not recognize the Fathers Son then we won’t recognize the Father.
My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” Jesus said this even though it made the crowd very angry, they dont think its right but God is the creator and he can do anything with the power that he has. The crowd was trying to say that Jesus was trying to be eqaul to God but he wasnt becasue he is God.
what I think its trying to tell me is that we have to believe in him and that the only way into heaven is through him and the Father. Jesus wants us to believe in him and wants us to go to heaven one day and to Love him and have a relationship with him he’s like our other Father who is waiting for us to go to him and give him a good ol hug. Jesus is a being with Love and just wants us to be saved and be with him in heaven where we can be Loved and being with him.
” He loves you more than you love yourself. He wants you to be a saint more than you want it yourself, to be with Him for all eternity. He wants you to know His Will. SO LET HIM LOVE YOU ” this part stuck out to me because some people don’t know how much Jesus loves us. He will forgive you if you do something bad and still love you with all his heart.
Today Jesus says to the Jews that He is God, He is God and nobody believes Jesus when He tells them. Jesus then goes into detail about why He is God and why the Son does the Father’s will, like we all should do. I think that sometimes we are like the Jews that Jesus is talking to. We know that Jesus is God, but do we really understand it? Do we understand what Jesus is telling us?
I think the scripture today is trying to tell us that we need to cherish every second of life because once its over its over. I also think the scripture was trying to tell us that during life we need to do our best to do good so that we spend eternity after life with God in heaven instead of in hell with demons.
Jesus is telling us today about his relationship with the Father. Jesus says today that whatever the Father does is reflected in himself. In this way Jesus tells us that he is God with all the authority and power that comes with it. Jesus is God so he can judge us, but he doesn’t he only looks at us with love and forgiveness. He is always just waiting patiently for you to come to him and when you do He shall have great joy, and his joy will be in you.
“I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.” This stuck out to me. I feel like there is a lot of power behind this. He was sent here to do the will of the one who sent him, Not his own. They said that it was horrid for him to say the father was his father. No one man could be equal with God Right? This is why Jesus came to show us the fathers will. He says he can’t do anything on his own showing that our Father was speaking through him and acting in him. His judgement is just because it was from the God in heaven.
“For this reason they tried all the more to kill him,
because he not only broke the sabbath
but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God.”
The Hebrews were mad at Jesus for no reason, like how we don’t listen to him for no reason. Why did they hate Jesus? Because they didn’t want to believe that Jesus was God because they wanted to be right and they wanted to be God’s only son. But they didn’t want to believe it was Jesus because they thought he was gonna be a king and rule the world with everyone at his feet, but Jesus was the opposite of that and they didn’t wanna be wrong and they didn’t think that a carpenter’s son could do the will of God. We need to do the opposite of what the Hebrews did, we need to praise God and believe in him that he can do anything and that will rule the world with love. We shouldn’t have to let Jesus sacrifice his life just because he loves us. We should want Jesus to come down again so we can praise him and pray WITH him, not so we can beat him, or murder him. We should want him to come down not to sacrifice his life for us, but to help us and love us and when He does come down, we’re going to praise him with Hallelujahs and songs.
It’s telling me that no one dares claim to be equal,He wants you to know His Will. SO LET HIM LOVE YOU!
I think what God is trying to tell me today is that in the Gospel Jesus says that the Son will look up to his Father. Saying that we will or should look up to God and let him be a role model for us instead of these people online. God gave us free will and we must do good with that and not disappoint him in our actions.
“My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.”
For this reason they tried all the more to kill him,
because he not only broke the sabbath. What this means to me is that Jesus is healing on the sabbath just how we would still feed your pets. And healing not only effect Jesus but us also so we need to embrace Gods healing on us and not denied his healing.
“I am one with the heavenly Father” He is the only Father. There is no other Father like him. No one is going to be like him for what He did for us. No one would be brave enough to do the things he did. That’s why. That’s why we are alive, that’s why were here. He did all of this for us and He didn’t even do anything to deserve this. he loves us a lot.
Jesus is the judge but he cannot plead with people guilty or innocent without any evidence of the person’s life and how they spent it.
The message I got from today’s gospel is that we need to treat everyday like we might not see another one. In the gospel, I felt like Jesus was trying to exaggerate the message of “the hour is coming” so I feel like this shows that Jesus wants us to focus on believing in his word so that we can be with him in Heaven.
What God is telling me is that we need to realize that the ability to have a loving heavenly father should be cherished and do all that is good so we can get to heaven with Jesus
We need to trust in God with all of are heart. Today nobody really believes in Jesus but he says I am the son of God. We need to believe him or we will not have eternal life with him in heaven.
In the Gospel it reminds us that sometimes we can be so blinded and stubborn that we take all the blessings he gives us for granted. Just like the Jewish people we too are blind in a way, like we have a veil over our eyes about the truth. We let that veil that’s covering our eyes tell us a false label about ourselves. We should all learn to accept the gifts that God has given us and use them to help others.
This scripture reflects on how Jesus claimed he is the father which means he is saying he is equal to God which is blasphemy. Many people took this the wrong way since they did not believe he was truly the Son of God.
“I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.” This stuck out to me in the Gospel today. Jesus wants us to know that Jesus is the Son of God. He doesn’t brag about it. Unlike some of us, we brag all the time. Jesus says that He doesn’t seek His own will but the will of the Father who sent Him. He only wants to know about the will of the father. He loves us and wants us to get to Heaven!
God and Jesus are both the only powerful people! They can both heal and watch over us all!
John has said that he is doing good deeds on the Sabbath but he is getting persecuted and he said that people in the tombs will come out and will be judged and it will not be for his benefit but for the one who sent him.
its telling me that we need to trust in God because he always knows what’s best for us
“I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.” This stood out to me because, “I cannot do anything on my own,” is something I personally need to tell myself because I like being independent, I don’t love depending on someone to take me places or help me with anything, even if i’m struggling.
“”My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.”
For this reason they tried all the more to kill him,
because he not only broke the sabbath
but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God.”
Why did the Hebrews hate Jesus, I understand that he just said that he was equal to God but he just healed a man. Then all of the sudden you guys don’t like him? They should realize that if Jesus is doing all this he truly is the son of God. No one and I mean NO one can walk on water, heal the sick with just words, and more!? So why did they hate him so much. It was obvious from the start he was the one and only God, not a blastamony (idk how to spell it) he is truly the son of God. When Jesus showed up people started to get healed, there were miracles happening, and there was a ton more preaching, all due to Jesus just being present/born. Again it is so obvious who Jesus was, I personally think the Hebrews were dumb to believe that Jesus was not Gods son. All the clues/things led to Jesus being the cause. I really wish the Hebrews weren’t dumb an realized who Jesus truly is/was.
we need to cherish our life on earth and make the decision if we want to live our one life on earth for God.
I think today in the Gospel God is telling us that if we have tried very hard not to sin and have good intentions, we will be able to hear God’s voice and go to heaven. If we do not try to avoid sin or have bad intentions, then we will not be able to go to heaven.
“For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed.” Today’s Gospel talks about how Jesus confronted the people, saying that he was the Son of God. Nobody believed him. He also said that whatever the Father does, he shows his Son, so that He too many do it. Reading this made me think about my parents and how much they do for me. All of our parents only want the best for us, and they teach us everything we do so that we can be successful once we are adults.
what i understand from this is that no matter how much we change our mind or just our self in general, Jesus will never change and we can find comfort in him. because some people don’t like change.
In the scripture Jesus said “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” To me that means the God the father is working and Jesus is also working on earth. Jesus is spreading the scripture around and trying to get everyone to believe him.
I think that in today’s Gospel Jesus is trying to say that we need to believe in him to believe in the Father and we need to believe in the father to believe in him. That is why we must take God and our path serious to follow through the way of God.
In today’s gospel, Jesus tells everyone that he is the son of God. Everyone is mad at him, but he still says the same thing. This makes me think about how we need to stand up for our faith. Even when people get mad at us, we can do the right thing.
We need to to believe and trust in God so that we can make it to heaven. He loves us all and only wants the best for us. All things are possible through God.
“My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this reason they tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God.” They knew Jesus was special, but they were hesitant to believe. We can also be scared to accept Jesus as our savior, but we need to do it.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus talks about how he is equal to God. “When his father is at work, he is at work. The people tried to kill Jesus, but you cant kill God.
I think that in today’s Gospel Jesus is trying to say that we need to believe in him to believe in the Father and we need to believe in the father to believe in him. we need to cherish our life on earth and make the decision if we want to live our one life on earth for God.
just as the son sees what his father does and follows so should we. we see the good of the father and yet we don’t. God loves us and wants the best for us but we must go to that love or we will be left.
He loves you more than you love yourself. He wants you to be a saint more than you want it yourself, to be with Him for all eternity. He want us to be filled with joy. He wants us to understand and love Him and our neighbors. We can’t do that unless we can love ourselves. God can help us with that. When we pray God is filling us with joy. Even when you don’t notice it.
What I got from this is that we need to understand to do things for us sometimes like still help others but you shouldn´t be anybody’s puppet you need to use your free will and thoughts and speak your mind
In today’s gospel the people were mad at Jesus because they didn’t fully understand and believe in what he was saying. They were non-believers. They saw Jesus as a blasphemer and a crazy man because they didn’t want to believe what he was saying so they rejected it, they rejected Him.
The Gospel talks about submitting ourselves to Jesus. He knows what is best for us, and it is very important that we give ourselves to God instead of brushing him off. He IS the center of our life, and us humans need to realize that. If we submit ourselves to God completely, he will help us get to heaven.
God loves us so much. He gives us a choice to follow him or not. We should make the decision to follow him and have eternal life.
“I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.” God sent Jesus down to save us. Jesus always wills are good because God always wills our good. Jesus’ word is the laws we should follow.
Jesus is trying to say trust God that he will help you get to heaven but he can’t do everything for you. If you truly love the Father you must work to have a personal relationship with him. We must take every second we have on earth to make the right decisions and do what is right. When we die we will be judged on Calvary and there will be no one else besides you and him. Do the right thing to worship God and don’t walk away.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus said “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.”. People got angry and tried to kill Him because they thought he broke the Sabbath and they thought He was equal to God. Jesus is equal to God because He is God. We must cherish our lives because we don’t know when we will go to Heaven to meet with God. We must let God guide our lives and let Him do His stuff.
“I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.” This stuck out to me because i feel Jesus is saying he wants the will of God which i what we have and what we should also want.
“the Son cannot do anything on his own,but only what he sees the Father doing,” This struck me as Jesus telling us how important parents are in their child’s life. The parents are effectively the molds that the child’s whole life is based on and around. Everyone that is called to marriage and to have children should understand this, and do all they can to mold the child into a showing of the Love of God in the world.
I think God is telling us to stop judging people or trying to determine if someone is going to heaven or hell. Only God knows who will come to his kingdome and who wont, so we cant go around trying to tell people what we don’t know.
Jesus loves you more than you love yourself. Jesus wants us to join him in heaven, where we will be with him for eternal life. God would do anything for us and there’s nothing he wants more than to see us in heaven with him.
“the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing” We have to learn from our parents. Without them, we wouldnt know how to do anything in our day to day life. We wouldn;t know how to walk, or talk, nor could we learn morals and the faith. We need our parents to show and light up the path for our present and future.
Nor does the Father judge anyone, This part of the Gospel stuck out to me because the father dose not judge anyone nor should we. We should put all faith in Jesus and not judge others or be unkind to them. We should all live off of the example of Christ. He did not judge nor should we.
There is one God and only one God. We all need God to come in our lives and save us from our sins. Everyone needs God in their life so they can live a good and holy life with him.
Jesus is claiming today that he is the son of the father, making him divine. But the Jews did not believe him and hated him all the more. We have to follow Jesus and have faith that he is our savior, because if we do not believe in Jesus, how can we grow to love him?
Jesus is the truth. We can’t decide who goes to heaven or hell, but we can decide what to do with our lives. Some people who have sinned many times have chosen to do what is right. Others, however, they choose to keep committing sin and not change. There is only one way to choose where you want to go and it depends on your decisions. Make. Your. Choice.
We must cherish every second we have on earth to make the right decisions and do the right things. We will die. We will be judged. ”For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son the possession of life in himself.If we dont cherish every second that we are with God we aren’t following him enough.
Jesus claimed to be equal to God the creator of the world he said “my fathers work is not done so neither is my work done”
And the Jews mouths drop wide open, they say it is a lie and want to kill him even more but they know deep down inside it is envy and lust for power is all they want.
In today’s Gospel, I understand who the Holy Spirit is in heaven and why we need the Holy Spirit to protect our souls. God has been hinting at us for century’s that His Son must be treated will full genuine care and love even when it may be hard. We must treat his son more than well for all he did for us and becoming Man.
Jesus is brave for saying he is one with the Father. Yes, yes he is. Only Jesus would say that, only Jesus can say that. God tells us that we must believe and we are saved. God has given us a free will, and it’s up to us how we use it and will we believe in God the Father and Jesus?
In today’s Gospel it says “The Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the father doing” which to me means that when we are you we learn a lot from our parents. If we see them doing good things it makes us want to do them too. If they do bad things and we don’t know they are and we will do them too. So parents need set a good a example for their children.
Jesus loves us more than we love ourselves, and he also wants us to join him in heaven. So we have to keep praying and spreading the Gospel..
When I was reading Mr. Geortz’s reflection, one of the things he said kind of caught my attention. It was the line, “He wants you to be a saint more than you want it yourself.” To me, that’s a little crazy to think about because I do have an intense longing to be a saint. I have that tug in my heart, like I was placed here on this Earth for something more than just simply participating in the Catholic faith and living a life that blends in with everyone else’s. I want to do more for Jesus. I want to give my life to him and show others that their lives belong to him as well. And to think that he wants that for me more than I want it for myself seems crazy because of how much I want to become a saint. He really must will my good if he desires sainthood for me in such a deep and intense way.
The scripture is telling us that Jesus will never forget us. We may think because we sinned that He won’t forgive us, so He forgets us and leaves us alone, but that is not true at all. The scripture says that He will answer us when we call out and help us when we ask for help. If we call out to the Lord when we are in trouble and follow His commandments then we will never feel like He will forget us and not forgive us. He is full of mercy and He is always with us, so we are never truly alone.
““I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.” Jesus’ judgement is never unjust or biased or impaired in any way, and I think this is what Jesus means in this verse. He judges based on what he hears, and He wills the will of His Father in heaven. He wants us to trust in Him because he knows what is right.
What stuck out to me was “Jesus warns us that the after life is eternal states that cannot be changed.” This stuck out to me because we don’t get a second chance at life, we don’t get to fix our mistakes after death. We get one chance to prove ourselves to God, we have to show that we are faithful to God and that we love him more than anyone else. We can’t waste life just doing what our society does, that will not bring you happiness, it wont bring you comfort, all it will bring you is sadness and a hole in your heart. To fill that hole you need Jesus. He is the only one that can bring you true happiness. He should be the light in the darkness. We have to accept that God is the only way to live and we must do it, live for Jesus, live for God.
In today’s scripture this stuck out to me “those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.” I think this means that judgement day is coming and whoever listens to the Son of the Father will be judged greatly and go to heaven. I think for those who have done good deeds will be making it to heaven and for those who have done wicked deeds will not make it to heaven. Judgement day is coming.
“the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do also.” This part of the Gospel stuck out told me today. Jesus was ridiculed for putting Himself equal to God, but that’s really not what He was doing at all. God acts through His Son. Just like when we’re growing up, we tend to try to do the things we see our parents doing. Jesus does this, but He does His Father’s acts on Earth instead of in Heaven. We are also called to do this. We need to listen to our Father’s voice, and do as He does and as He wills, because He knows what’s best for us.
“Those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.” Today this quote from the Gospel stuck out to me. Jesus tells us directly from the Gospel today that those who do good deeds and live for him will be resurrected, but those who do bad deeds and do not follow him will be condemned. We must live life everyday for him. There is a time that we will all die and we do not know when that will be. Some people say they can live for themselves now and later repent, but they do not know their time or hour. We must repent now, stop everything and give our lives to Jesus. Give everything to him, so that we may be led to the resurrection of life.
I think the gospel is trying to tell us is that we make our own decisions, not others. We always have a choice and there’s always at least one good choice in every decisions you have. We all probably know that, but have we ever thought that other people make there own decisions to. It’s kind of hypocritical when you tell someone you can make your own choices but tell them what to do. Everyone has a choice and you cant make them choose the right one. But what you can do is guide them. No one wants to be bossed around but sometimes we have to. Like if our mom or dad wants us to do something or if our boss gives us a command. You can’t say no or you’ll be in trouble. You might think that might be your only choice but it isn’t. You might have to still clean your room or something, but what matters is what you are going to do after your done. Will you clean another room? Go outside? sit around and do nothing? its up to you. They might all look like good choices in a way but some of them can be bad. Like sitting around, if your tired then its okay, but if your not tired and just don’t want to clean, that’s when it is a bad choice. If you want a good choice then listen to God for he knows the right path.
“the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing” This stuck out to me because I think it relates to a lot of people in today’s world. A lot of us want God the father to work in us but don’t let him work. How is God supposed to work in us if we don’t have the humility to open up to him and let him do so. When I served today Fr. Jarrod also talked about everything from the father, goes to the son just like how God went into human form and became Jesus. We (the son) speak through God (the father) and when we don’t let God in our heart, mind, and soul he is unable to speak through and with us.
”For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son the possession of life in himself. And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man.”God gave Jesus and us life in Himself but we forget that and then we sin. Use the body and soul that God has given you to help you and others back to God in Heaven. God has a plan for us, listen to him and do that plan to get back to Him
I think the Gospel is telling me today is that He saves. He can heal us and save us from hell. He gives us the opportunity to believe in Him and we have to take it. He lets us have a choice so lets believe in him and do good.
Today I think God is trying to tell us that we need to trust in him. even though life my seem rough he has a plan. He loves us very much and it takes time.
In the Gospel today Jesus said that the hour is coming when all the dead will hear him. Jesus was also saying that the Son can’t do anything without the Father. At mass, Jesus gives us his body and blood. Through the power of God, He can transform bread and wine to the Body and Blood of God.
in today gospel something that stuck out to me was we all now we have to be Christ like and Jesus says “Nor does the Father judge anyone” the father does not judge anyone so we have to not judge anyone the gospel also says “but he has given all judgment to the Son” so his son/ Jesus will come to judge the living and the dead.
Don’t judge others for we do not know the silent battles they are fighting. If we laugh at someone or make fun of them it is the same as making fun of the father. Jesus tells us that all who are awaiting him and his return will come to the kingdom with him.
He is saying that Jesus is the Father because the Father gave himself to Jesus to carry out his will for all of us to be reunited with him in heaven.
In today’s Scripture God is telling me to honor our lord God. For has given us everything. He has given us the grace of confession to forgive us from all bad we have done. We must honor and thank him for all that he has given us. Not every few days but single day day and never let up. God is love and he shows us how to by loving us. From the depths of his heart. Which is infinite in every way we could ever imagine. He gave us everything and we must cherish that.
“So let Him love you”
This stuck out to me because He loves you more than you love yourself and He wants you to be a saint more than you want it yourself. God wants nothing more than for his cherished creation to come to heaven with him. God knows what’s best for us.
“I CANNOT DO ANYTHING ON MY OWN; I JUDGE AS I HEAR, AND MY JUDGMENT IS JUST,BECAUSE I DO NOT SEEK MY OWN WILL BUT THE WILL OF THE ONE WHO SENT ME.” JN 5:17-30. This stood out to me because Jesus says that he cannot do Anything on his own. Another reason why is because Jesus judges when he listens. Finally this stood out to me was because Jesus does not seek his will but the will of the one who sent him.
“Nor does the Father judge anyone,but He has given all judgement to the Son,so that all may Honor the Son just as they Honor the Father.” I think this part of the Gospel is basically saying like God will never judge us for anything we do, because He loves each and every one of us unconditionally.
In today’s Gospel what stuck out to me was
when its said we shall charish are time ,
it stuck out to me because in the littlest moment
we should always be happy and live not just
for are selves but for Jesus .
In this scripture its saying that we need to make the right decisions. God loves you more than you love yourself. He wants us to help the poor feed them do anything to help them because one day that thing will come back to you. he is just trying to say love others and treat them ho you would want to be treated treat them with respect patience love all those things because you don’t know what other people are going through we need to appreciate the lives we have some people are starving and cold and they deal with it we always are complaining and not seeing what others are going through so sometimes we just need to stop and think is this really a good idea would God love this, no so we need to stop and think, think before you speak and think what other people are going through and just love others because God would not like us hurting his creation he would want to love it with respect and kindness
“For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these,so that you may be amazed.” This stood out to me because it shows that God our father shows us his way and his truth to amaze us and be a model of holiness for us. God only wants what’s best for us and for us to follow his way eternally.
This Gospel really stuck out to me because I feel like it is saying that we should be grateful to be with the Father, Son of the Living God, Jesus Christ. I mean it also sounds like we are trying to get even with Jesus, what I mean by that I mean equally with him. It’s saying that our father loves us no matter what we do because God is pure light, pure love and pure kindness to others. We should honor our Son because if we don’t honor the Son, we don’t honor the actual real living Messiah. Nobody can do anything without God because God is amazing. Because with God anything is possible, but without him you can’t do anything without him. Jesus died for you loves you, and most importantly he saved you from the powers of hell that he tells us we don’t deserve. This is why we should thank him everyday for our blessing and give us light and life and for giving another day to worship thank and praise. Let’s look up to God!! Our Role Model!! Have a Good Rest of your Day!! God Loves You So Much!! God Bless!!!!!
In today’s Gospel, God is trying to tell us that Jesus is equal to the Father, God. It’s sort of similar to how a father treats his son. If a father teaches his son about Christ, being kind to others, and resembling an example for others and actually acts like those aforementioned attributes, then so will his son. We must also act like that to others. If we are kind to others and selfless, then other people may pick up on our good deeds and follow our ways.
God has a plan for us, and as a faithful, omniscient, and loving father, we must listen to him. We must discern his call to our vocation, so that we may be wrapped in God’s grace and forever praise him in Heaven when we pass.
What I think the Lord is trying to tell me is that is that he is the son of God but he is God.
Even thought he typed to tell us that he is God but no one cared and I think that we should be that person that cares and follow the word of the Lord
“I cannot do anything on my own.” we need to except this because God help us and leads us to where we need to be in our life
In today’s gospel it talks about,with Jesus, there is something we must make up our mind on and stick to it,in our hearts and in our minds we must choose the right decision and stick with God,to show love towards God and to sacrifice for him like Jesus sacrificed his love for us.
“I can not do anything on my own” This part is important because to be able to do anything we always need Jesus by our side.