Are we envious of the gifts and talents of others? Do we realise our own potential? Are we using the gifts and talents given from God our Father?
All of us are given roles to play, some seemingly unimportant but do we always fully understand our Father’s plans? Do we not trust that He knows what is best of us and our brethren?
Do we rejoice that Jesus our bridegroom is with us, speaking to us everyday? Do we not listen to His voice?
How can we welcome Jesus into our hearts if are hearts are full of worldly desires? How can we be filled with the Graces God our Father wants us to have if we are full of ourselves? Let us cry out together as St John The Baptist did in Holy humility, “He must increase; I must decrease!”
Today’s GOSPEL
Jn 3:22-30
Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea,
where he spent some time with them baptizing.
John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim,
because there was an abundance of water there,
and people came to be baptized,
for John had not yet been imprisoned.
Now a dispute arose between the disciples of John and a Jew
about ceremonial washings.
So they came to John and said to him,
“Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan,
to whom you testified,
here he is baptizing and everyone is coming to him.”
John answered and said,
“No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.
You yourselves can testify that I said that I am not the Christ,
but that I was sent before him.
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom;
the best man, who stands and listens for him,
rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice.
So this joy of mine has been made complete.
He must increase; I must decrease.”
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