Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 5,17-30
Jesus answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.”
For this reason the Jews 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.
Jesus answered and said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, a son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees his father doing; for what he does, his son will do also.
For the Father loves his Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed.
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes.
Nor does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to his Son,
so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life.
Amen, amen, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself.
And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.
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.”
Work always
1) Work. That is what gives us dignity, guides and strengthens us in life. It is what enriches us, work fortifies our life. In this, beware of extremes – the extreme of constantly working, neglecting family and personal life. and the other extreme of wasting time and not doing your job, or doing it just any old way. «Tell me how you work, and I will tell you who you are.»
2) Be amazed. Jesus reminds you that you should never lose the capacity for wonder, that attitude where you can see life and be amazed at something every day, for example, seeing how wonderful it is to watch the stars and feel how tiny we are in the universe.
3) Live! Do not die before your time and do not retire from life just watching it go by and doing nothing. You must remember that Christ came so that we might have life and have it more abundantly. Your heart pumps blood and your arteries and veins constantly carry blood and oxygen, to give you life. Just as your heart beats, so must you give oxygen to our Church, to us, so that we remember that we must love life and not walk aimlessly around.
God bless you in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Always remember, Heaven is our goal.
