"Ginhigugma gid sang Dios ang kalibutan sa bagay nga ginhatag niya ang iya bugtong nga Anak"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Juan 3:16-21)

Kay ginhigugma gid sang Dios ang kalibutan sa bagay nga ginhatag niya ang iya bugtong nga Anak, agod nga ang tagsatagsa nga nagatuo sa iya indi na mapatay, kundi may kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan.

Kay ang Dios wala magpadala sang iya Anak sa kalibutan sa paghukom sang kalibutan, kundi sa pagluwas sang kalibutan.

Ang bisan sin-o nga nagatuo sa Anak indi pagkondenahon, pero ang bisan sin-o nga wala nagatuo nakondenar na, bangod kay wala sia magtuo sa bugtong nga Anak sang Dios.

Amo ini ang kabangdanan sang pagkondenar: ang kapawa nagkari sa kalibutan, pero ang mga tawo naghigugma sang kadudolman sa baylo sang kapawa, kay malaut ang ila ginahimo.

Kag ang bisan sin-o nga nagahimo sing malaut nagakontra sa kapawa kag indi magpalapit sa kapawa, kay indi sia luyag nga masapwan ang iya malain nga binuhatan.

Pero ang bisan sin-o nga nagaginawi suno sa kamatuoran nagapalapit sa kapawa, agod mapahayag sang kapawa ang tanan nga iya ginhimo sa pagtuman sa Dios.

Prayers:

"Lord Jesus Christ, your love is better than life itself. May your love consume and transform my heart with all of its yearnings, aspirations, fears, hurts, and concerns, that I may freely desire you above all else and love all others generously for your sake and for your glory. Make me to love what you love, desire what you desire, and give generously as you have been so generous towards me".

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:

Do you know the love which surpasses the greatest joy and happiness which one could ever hope to find? Great love is manifested in the cost and sacrifice of the giver. True lovers hold nothing back but give the best that can be offered to their beloved, including all they possess, even their very lives. God proved his love for us by giving us the best he had to offer – his only begotten Son who freely offered up his life for our sake as the atoning sacrifice for our sin and the sin of the world. Abraham's willing sacrifice of his only son, Isaac prefigures the perfect offering and sacrifice of God's beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. This passage in the Gospel of John tells us of the great breadth and width of God's love. Not an excluding love for just a few or for a single nation, but a redemptive love that embraces the whole world, and a personal love for each and every individual whom God has created in his own image and likeness (Genesis 1:26,27). God is the eternal Father of Love who cannot rest until his wandering children have returned home to him. Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) said, God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us to love. God gives us the freedom to choose whom and what we will love.

Jesus shows us the paradox of love and judgment. We can love the darkness of sin and unbelief or we can love the light of God's truth, beauty, and goodness. If our love is guided by what is true, and good, and beautiful then we will choose for God and love him above all else. What we love shows what we prefer and value most. Do you love God above all else? Does he take first place in your life, in your thoughts, affections, and actions?