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08.01.2022 — Everything from God

Saturday after Epiphany – 08th January 2022 — Gospel:  Jn 3,22-30

Everything from God

John the Baptist is confronted with the fact that Jesus is attracting many followers. Probably, this meant that Jesus was gaining more popularity than Baptist or many were leaving the Baptist to follow Jesus Instead. Rather than becoming jealous, upset, or angry, John the Baptist has the right approach, “No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.” This is a tremendously important principle that rules over everything in our lives. Everything we have, everything we are, and everything we will be is a gratuitous gift from God. John the Baptist makes it clear that Christ was his mission, and seeing him succeed makes John really happy. Rather than being selfish about our own growth, we should be happy when others’ efforts bring people closer to God.