I am in the Father and the Father is in me

SATURDAY 9 MAY (Jn 14,7-14)

As Christ Jesus is in the Father, so must the disciple be in Christ Jesus. As Jesus remains in the Father, so also must the disciple remain in Christ Jesus. As Christ grows in wisdom, grace, obedience, charity, love, justice and all virtues so must also the disciple grow in wisdom, grace, obedience, charity, love, justice and all virtues. As Jesus lives his intimate union, communion and unity with the Father, in the Holy Spirit, so too is the disciple called to live by intimate union, communion and unity with Jesus the Lord, in the Holy Spirit. With baptism one becomes one body of Christ. the Holy Spirit regenerates us as new creatures. This happens through the announcement of the Word and the explicit and direct invitation so that we allow ourselves to be reconciled with God, in Christ Jesus, through the new creation made in us by the Spirit of the Lord: “For the love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer. So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him” (2Cor 5,14-21).

By living in the Father, for the Father and with the Father, in every Word and work Jesus shows the Father. The same is also true of every disciple of Jesus. By living in him, with him and through him, the disciple manifests and reveals Christ Jesus in everything. As Jesus says: “Whoever sees me, sees the Father”, so also the disciple must always be able to say: “Whoever sees me sees Christ the Lord.” First, in Paul this vision of Christ is of the heart, of the words and of the works. Later it also becomes of his body: “I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me. I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing”  (Gal 2,19-31). But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither does circumcision mean anything, nor does uncircumcision, but only a new creation. Peace and mercy be to all who follow this rule and to the Israel of God. From now on, let no one make troubles for me; for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body” (Gal 6,14-17). Christ reveals the Father. The Apostle, the disciple reveals Christ Jesus. The path of faith n Christ is perfect.

If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen 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? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else, believe because of the works themselves. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.

Today we complain that no one believes in Christ anymore. If nobody believes it is because Christ is no longer seen. We do not believe in the preached Christ because the shown Christ is missing. We show Christ alive, we preach Christ by showing Christ, we will always believe in Christ.

Mother of God, Angels and Saints arrange that the disciples show Christ so that people believe in Him.