{"id":3823,"date":"2020-05-08T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T01:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2020-05-08T11:50:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T01:50:20","slug":"fr-thomas-reflection-for-the-5th-sunday-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/fr-thomas-reflection-for-the-5th-sunday-of-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr Thomas\u2019 Reflection for the 5th Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You will do greater things than Jesus!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you do anything greater than what Jesus did?\u00a0 Yes, you can do greater things, if you are a\u00a0disciple of Jesus.\u00a0 When Jesus was preparing his disciples for his departure from them, he told them,\u00a0\u201cI tell you solemnly, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, he will\u00a0perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0If you believe in Jesus and become a disciple you can do the same things as Jesus did, and more.\u00a0 The collective name for the disciples of Jesus is The Church. Jesus is the way of life for us.

There are many ways of living options offered to us in our world of affluence. But with COVID-19 shut downs some of such ways of life are suspended.\u00a0 Moreover, you are in a way forced to review your way of life from different angles. One could look at life from the angle of prosperity, enjoyment, achievements in life, or fame and dominance. But there is only one way that that these can provide you the real joy.\u00a0 That is the way of life dedicated to service.\u00a0 That is the way of Jesus.\u00a0 That is the truth about life.\u00a0 That is what gives fullness to life. Therefore, said Jesus, “I am the way, the truth and the life.”\u00a0 Jesus\u2019 personal ministry was two thousand years ago and it was limited to the land of Israel.\u00a0 The Church as his disciples is following the way of Jesus and ministering to the whole world.\u00a0 In this mission the Church is doing wonders.\u00a0 When you look at the transformation all over the world as a result of the Church\u2019s ministry you understand the meaning of Jesus’ saying, “You will do greater things”.\u00a0 You become an embodiment of Jesus to live his way of the life of service.\u00a0 Jesus is the embodiment of the Father in heaven.\u00a0 Therefore, you become the embodiment of Jesus to show to the world the true nature of God.\u00a0 Many of the converts to the Church say that they got attracted to Church because they saw extraordinary peace and joy in the lives of the disciples of Jesus they met.\u00a0 You cannot think of a greater reward in life.

The world around us is used to proposing rewards only to those who come first in races and challenges.\u00a0 But when it comes to the rewards for running the race with Jesus as the way, everyone wins.\u00a0 \u201cThere are many rooms in my Father\u2019s House,\u201d Jesus said.\u00a0 It is not reserved for the top achievers. God\u2019s reward of joy and peace is for all disciples of Jesus. And you do not want to miss out on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can you do anything greater than what Jesus did? Yes, you can do greater things, if you are a disciple of Jesus. When Jesus was preparing his disciples for his departure from them, he told them, \u201cI tell you solemnly, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, he will perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3826,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions\/3826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpeter-stjoseph.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}