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| Hundred Islands, Philippines |
Yesterday, I saw the children came together in front of our gate. They noticed that my friend just arrived home. Usually, he brings them something to eat. The biscuits or something like that. That is what the children want and like it very much. They come because they want to receive something that good for them. While playing with them, he calls them one by one and gives that one.
We probably passed this joyful moment when we were children. As a human being, that experience remains as a part of our daily life. Sometimes, we do like that in the relationship with God. When we have a problem, we try to search for God. We believed that God can help us. Only in that moment that we really need God. After it passes away, we come back in our nature, forget God easily.
Today’s Gospel helps us to reflect on our relationship with Jesus. He reminds us to find “the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.” That food comes from God. It means we need to find something that comes from God. Not about our desire, but the desire that comes from Him. That food is what God wants us to have.
Here, we are invited to purify our desire to search for God. If we want Him only when we need it, we are the same as the children who come to our gate to receive something. Ideally, we need to find God because we love Him. We want to receive that pure love of Him. Have a nice day.
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