I name the heading according to the day reading in Bernardinai church website (www.bernardinai.lt). Today reading is Jn 5, 31-47. A good piece, I highly recommend to read! For Lithuanian readers, if you want to use my advice, refer to www.biblija.lt For English or Dutch speaking people, sorry, I can't help :)
I've read the interpretation of the piece by sister Pranciška Neringa Bubelytė and was touched! So, for my non-Lithuanian friends, I wanted you to also hear it or read it ;)
tHE comment starts by saying how eager we all are to get approval or good feedback from people. And Jesus states:"If I would be the only one testifying about myself, my testimony wouldn't be true."
But the passage goes deeper. It distinguishes man's testimony and God's testimony/it makes a difference between the strength of God's and man's word.
So question yourself "who knows you best? and whom do you believe most? And be honest whose approval do you seek first: friend's, family's, important person's or God's?"
Sister provokes people to think by asking what miracles are we still awaiting for? Why can't we just trust God?
The miracles do happen every day, but we can only see it with our hearts and live it with our lifes...
In this passage Jesus contrasts studying the Bible, thus engaging with your head to having God's Love and having Life.
Jesus states: "You are studying the Bible because you expect to find eternal life. And the Bible does testify me, but you don't want to come to me, so that you would have life."
So, it's also about the will and personal, very intimate choice. Thus, love is more important than knowledge. But noone can truly love whom he doesn't know.In conclusion, we have to know God personally, to be able to love Him. And we have to grow in knowledge about Him, but the focus is elsewhere. Most important is to grow in His Love and to become one Body with each other...
I've read the interpretation of the piece by sister Pranciška Neringa Bubelytė and was touched! So, for my non-Lithuanian friends, I wanted you to also hear it or read it ;)
tHE comment starts by saying how eager we all are to get approval or good feedback from people. And Jesus states:"If I would be the only one testifying about myself, my testimony wouldn't be true."
But the passage goes deeper. It distinguishes man's testimony and God's testimony/it makes a difference between the strength of God's and man's word.
So question yourself "who knows you best? and whom do you believe most? And be honest whose approval do you seek first: friend's, family's, important person's or God's?"
Sister provokes people to think by asking what miracles are we still awaiting for? Why can't we just trust God?
The miracles do happen every day, but we can only see it with our hearts and live it with our lifes...
In this passage Jesus contrasts studying the Bible, thus engaging with your head to having God's Love and having Life.
Jesus states: "You are studying the Bible because you expect to find eternal life. And the Bible does testify me, but you don't want to come to me, so that you would have life."
So, it's also about the will and personal, very intimate choice. Thus, love is more important than knowledge. But noone can truly love whom he doesn't know.In conclusion, we have to know God personally, to be able to love Him. And we have to grow in knowledge about Him, but the focus is elsewhere. Most important is to grow in His Love and to become one Body with each other...
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he, people people, i'm waiting for your reply ;)
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