Gospel: Jn 14:7–14 (or Mt 13:54–58)
If you know me, you will know the Father also; indeed you know him, and you have seen him.”
Philip asked him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that is enough.” Jesus said to him, “What!
I have been with you so long and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever sees me sees the
Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
All that I say to you, I do not say of myself. The Father who dwells in me is doing his own work. Believe me when
I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; at least believe it on the evidence of these works that I do.
Truly, I say to you, the one who believes in me will do the same works that I do; and he will even do greater than these,
for I am going to the Father. Everything you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the
Son. Indeed, anything you ask, calling upon my name, I will do it.
Reflection:
It’s amazing how people can be awed by the wisdom and powers that
Jesus demonstrates in front of their eyes, yet at the same time unwilling to
give proper respect simply because He and His family is familiar to them. Joseph
whose feast we celebrate today is not specifically mentioned. Only his trade
as a carpenter is mentioned. This is an acknowledgement somehow that Jesus was
cared for by Joseph in his lifetime. We do not have access to the growing up
years of the Lord, and scant biblical data can be gleaned about His father here on
earth. Yet we need not go far to know what kind of person Joseph is. We only have to
look at Jesus to know the father He acknowledges here on earth. For a part
of Joseph is forever lodged in the person of Jesus as a significant adult in Jesus’
life. Jesus in His humanity is a masterpiece of both Mary and Joseph.
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