Be Jesus To Somebody
I’ve realized that preaching is never enough.
The Word has to become flesh.
After preaching for 30+ years, here’s what I noticed: At first, people will listen to the message of a messenger. But after awhile, people will want the messenger to be message itself. The life of the messenger must be the 3D movie of the message.
People don’t really listen to words anymore. People want to see the words becoming flesh in front of them.
It’s useless to talk about Jesus if you don’t become Jesus.
Unless you do that, all preaching is a noisy gong and clanging cymbal.
The Most Delicious Pizza In The Universe
Imagine that there’s this brilliant chef who owns the secret recipe of the most delicious pizza in the universe. He opens only one restaurant in Makati. No other branches anywhere else.
The restaurant’s name? Forget-Your-Name.
Why? When you sit down in the restaurant, the waiter will give you a piece of paper, instruct you to write your name on that paper, and ask you to slip it into your pocket. Because the moment you bite into the most delicious pizza in the universe, you’ll forget your name. When that happens, you have to pull out that piece of paper from your pocket to remind yourself who you are.
It’s such a delicious pizza that it would seem like a crime if you didn’t tell your family about it. So people would go home and tell their family, “You’ve got to go to the Forget-Your-Name restaurant. They have the most delicious pizza in the universe!”
And so the restaurant was always overflowing with patrons; in fact, the lines were so long, you needed to wait for 3 hours just to get in.
But one day, something weird happens.
Because the Owner of the Forget-Your-Name restaurant was a weird guy. It turns out he was immensely wealthy. And he wasn’t doing the restaurant business for the money. He just loved seeing people eat his pizza.
So he did something crazy: He posted the secret recipe of the most delicious pizza in the universe on his website. Anyone can now download the recipe. The exact ingredients. The exact measurements. The exact temperature. Every single detail.
Not only that, he also uploaded on youtube the step-by-step video instruction of how to make hispizza.
Now, you don’t have to go to the restaurant. If you wanted your family to eat the most delicious pizza in the universe, you cook it right in your home.
This, my friend, is exactly what God did…
The Secret Recipe Is Out!
God is the Owner of the restaurant. The Church is the restaurant. Jesus is the pizza. Because the main product of the Church is Jesus.
Let me shock you: I believe God doesn’t want you to bring people to Jesus. God wants you to bring Jesus to people. How? By being Jesus to somebody. The secret recipe is out!
This is God’s battle-plan to conquer the hearts of humanity. People will get to know who God is not by going to Church. People will get to know who God is by you becoming Church wherever you are.
This isn’t semantics. This is deep theology.
This in fact is the difference between Christianity and other religions. In other religions, you search for God. In Christianity, God searches for you. And even if you run away from Him, God will chase after you.
In other religions, God is only King. But in Christianity, God is King, yes, but a King who lays down His crown, leaves His throne, and becomes a servant who washes the feet of his disciples. He’s a King who is madly-in-love, head-over-heels, hopelessly smitten, die-hard Suitor who will not stop at anything until he gets you.
So let me say it again: Your mission isn’t to bring people to Jesus. Your mission is to bring Jesus to people. And you do that by being Jesus to somebody.
You Can Go Where I Can’t Go
Do you want to change the world? It won’t happen by a proliferation of Priests, Pastors, or Preachers. It will only happen by a proliferation of ordinary people (like you!) who become Jesus to somebody.
Preachers like me can’t be in your kitchen table, talking with your kids, listening to their dreams, affirming their worth, encouraging them to risk, accepting their wounds, correcting them in love, awakening their values…
I can’t be there. But you can.
Oh, there are some parents who think I can do that for them. They come to me distraught, asking me to talk to their rebellious, stubborn, misbehaving teenagers. They want me to be their miracle man. They ask me, “Brother Bo, can you talk some sense to my teenage son? Even just for 10 minutes. You see, he doesn’t listen to me. He’s taking drugs. He’s not in school. He’s wasting away his life.” They hope that a 10-minute conversation with me will erase 17 years of bad parenting. It won’t work. Yes, I can pray for him. Yes, I can listen to him. Yes, I can be Jesus to that boy for 10 minutes. But only the parent can be Jesus to him everyday.
Preachers like me can’t be in your office, supermarket, classroom, mall, farm, factory, ship. Only you can be Jesus to those people everyday.
This is God’s ultimate masterplan. This is how the Kingdom will be built: You becoming Jesus.
Yes you!
How?
By your words. By your work. By your presence. By your service. As a secretary, cashier, clerk, teacher, doctor, lawyer, engineer, businessperson… More importantly, as husband, wife, father, mother, aunt, uncle, daughter, son—Your mission is to be Jesus to somebody.
It’s Not About High Standards
I can hear you now. “But Bo, I’m not holy enough!”
That’s okay. You don’t have to be perfect to be Jesus to somebody.
You don’t have to have it all together.
Once upon a time, I didn’t know that. I was brought up to believe that to be Jesus to somebody, I shouldn’t smoke, or drink, or gamble, or go clubbing, or listen to secular music… I was brought up to believe that to be Jesus to somebody, I should memorize Bible verses and talk about God the whole day…
Later on, I realized that these high standards weren’t attracting unchurched people to God. They were doing the very opposite. They were turning them off.
Hey, don’t get me wrong. Personally, I don’t smoke or drink or gamble. But these aren’t the definition of a God-follower. I believe that the only high standard that unchurched people are attracted to is the high standard of love.
What does it mean to be Jesus for somebody? Only one thing. Do you die to yourself so that others may live?
That’s what it means to be Jesus to somebody.
What’s The Main Thing?
Jesus said it eloquently. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. (John 13:35)
He didn’t say, “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you pray everyday”. Or “if you read the Bible”. Or “if you go to Mass.”
The proof that you’re a God-follower isn’t in your religion but in your relationships.
In other words, if you want to know if I’m a God follower, don’t ask me how many hours I pray. Don’t ask me how many Bible verses I memorize. Don’t ask me if I know the right doctrines. In fact, don’t ask me at all. Because my answers will be biased.
Instead, ask my wife, “Is your husband Jesus to you?”
Ask my kids, “Is your Daddy Jesus to you?”
Ask my mother, “Is your son Jesus to you?”
And ask my employees, “Is your boss Jesus to you?”
John Maxwell said, “Be disturbed if the people who love you the most are the people who know you the least.”
I repeat: The proof that you’re a God-follower isn’t in your religion but in your relationships.
The opposite is dangerous. When religion, and not relationship, becomes the main thing, two not-so-good things happen.
· We become prone to spiritual arrogance.
· We make a church for religious people only.
We Become Prone To Spiritual Arrogance
If religion, not relationship, becomes the main thing, we become proud of our religiosity.
Our religiosity becomes a barrier.
We look down at others who don’t pray, or who don’t read the Bible, or who don’t attend Mass, or who don’t sing our songs, or who don’t wear our clothes…
Because of this, the unchurched person asks a very penetrating question: “Do I really want to become like you—arrogant and condescending?”
And so they reject Christianity.
Something else happens when we make religion, not relationships, the main thing of Christianity…
We Make The Church
For Religious People Only
In other words, we become a church for insiders.
To be accepted in church, you have to behave in a particular way. You have to act in a particular decorum, speak in a particular language, dress in a particular style—or you’ll always feel like an outsider.
But if we make loving one another the main thing of Christianity, the Church will be a safest place on earth for the wounded, the lost, the messed up, the struggling, the sinner.
I think we need to put a big sign on every church door: No perfect people allowed inside!
What is the truth? We’re in church not because we’re perfect but because we’re forgiven.
Two Ways Of Becoming Jesus to Somebody
I love this passage. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. (1 Peter 2:12)
Good deeds, not good debates, will open people’s hearts to God. I believe it’s service, not sanctity, that will touch lives.
Don’t misunderstand me. I use the word “sanctity” the way it’s commonly understood—someone who is pious. But in my mind, “sanctity” has a more robust meaning: Someone who serves.
I love that story when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. In Biblical times, there were four ranks of slaves. Only the lowest-ranking slave washes feet. Jesus took that role and said, “I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.”
Jesus didn’t just teach a way of life and said, “Do this.” Jesus served us, and then said, “Follow me.”
How do you serve?
Two ways of becoming Jesus to somebody: The heart and the hand.
The heart is the personal side of relationship.
The hand is the practical side of relationship.
You need both to be Jesus to somebody.
1. The Heart
One day, in a busy airport, a little boy was running to his mother holding a completed jigsaw puzzle in his hands. He was shouting, “I finished it, Mommy! I finished it!”
But at that precise moment, a businessman was also running, trying to catch his flight.
And the two crossed each other’s path. Wham! And the jigsaw puzzle flew into the air and hit the floor, scattering its tiny pieces in different directions.
The businessman said to the boy, “I’m so sorry…” He went on his knees and picked up the small jigsaw pieces.
And patiently, he put it back together again.
After 15 minutes, the puzzle was done. It was obvious now that the businessman missed his flight. And he should have been angry and frustrated. But he didn’t know why, but he wasn’t. In fact, he felt happy that he “wasted” his time with a kid doing a jigsaw puzzle.
When the man stood up, the little boy stood up as well. He looked at the towering figure for a brief moment, and asked a question that blew the man away.
The boy asked him, “Are you…Jesus?”
Somehow the boy knew that when he met compassion, kindness, dying-to-oneself-for-the-sake-of-others, he was in the presence of Jesus.
To be Jesus to somebody, you need to give heart. The heart is the personal side of relationship. Affection. Warmth. Touch.
But you also need to give the “Hand”…
2. The Hand
I’m a father of a family. And I need to spend time with my wife and my kids. That’s a non-negotiable thing I have to do.
But imagine this scene….
One morning, my wife tells me, “Bo, we have no food in the house anymore; I need to buy groceries but we don’t have money…” and I tell her, “What are you complaining about, Sweetheart? I’m always here at home, spending time with you and the kids 24 hours a day, 7 days a week…”
There’s something wrong with the picture.
To be a Jesus to somebody, you need to give the hand too. The hand is the practical side of the relationship. Excellence. Development. Achievement.
Are you a doctor? An engineer? A Teacher? A businessman?
In your job, God calls you to be Jesus to somebody.
How? Give heart and give hand.
Be excellent in all that you do. That’s the hand. But give your heart too. Do it with warmth, compassion, acceptance, and openness.
Last Word: Who Was Jesus To You?
Look back into your life.
Someone became Jesus to you.
You came to know God’s Love because somebody loved you without condition.
I think of my Dad. He was far from perfect. He never expressed his love for me by hugging me or saying, “I love you.” But boy, did he spend time with me when I was a kid.
He was Jesus to me.
I think of my Mom. Again, she’s got many weaknesses. But Mom loves me. At 86, she prays for me before the Blessed Sacrament every single day. (When she has extra time, she prays for my sisters.) When I’m preaching somewhere, I know that Mom is praying for me, and that gives me strength.
Mom is Jesus to me.
I think of my wife. She too has many weaknesses. (And if you think I’ll enumerate them to you now, think again. I’d rather be thrown to a pool of hungry piranha than face my angry wife asking me what I wrote about her.)
But she does something that astounds me no end. When I tell her my preposterous, out-of-this-world, “big, hairy, audacious” dreams, she doesn’t laugh. She doesn’t guffaw and roll on the floor. She smiles, looks at me, grips my hand, and says, “They’ll come true.”
My wife is Jesus to me.
I think of my professor in my Masters in Theology. I wasn’t even supposed to be there. I had failing grades in Grade School, High School, and College. I didn’t even finish College. I was just taking the Masters course because I wanted to study about God.
But my professor, a priest, called me in his office. He said he saw brilliance in me. (Huh?) He said, “After your Masters in Theology, go back to college and get your Diploma. And then we’ll send you to Europe to finish your Doctorate in Theology. There’s this great School there. We’ll pay for everything…”
I wanted to tell him, “Are you sure you’re talking to the right person? I’m not a good student. I’m a dunce. Pull out my transcript of records. It’s all there displayed in flaming red glory…”
But he saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself.
That professor’s perspective of me changed my life forever. After taking up my Masters, I went back to college with vengeance. I got straight A’s there from then on.
That professor was Jesus to me.
Let me ask you: Who was Jesus to you?
Thank God for each one of them.
And everyday, resolve to be Jesus to somebody.
You don’t have to be perfect.
You just have to love them in your imperfect way.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
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Yes! We have another inspiring topic for our caring group meeting. Thank you so much, Brod Bo.
Thanks for reminding us, bro Bo.
It took quite some time to read this, but I didn’t stop reading. It’s so inspiring, I couldn’t manage to stop. I was able to reflect and discover in detail the things I should have not done and things I should do for others, for my family, and for the people most dear to me. Thanks Bo. Thanks for being a Jesus to us.
thank you brother Bo..
Wonderful! Thanks Bro Bo. I realized what’s missing in my “Recipe”. I’m nourished now.
I really like it and will always be inspired by your messages to make me Jesus to Somebody. Thank you again Brother Bo. I’ll share this to my friends.
very nice article!thanks bro.Bo. you are Jesus to me in a way that every time I’ve read your book and article it inspired me to persevere my vocation as a seminarian.Bro. Bo can you include me in your prayer?thanks again!
i have realized who the people are jesus to me Bo! i resolve to be one everyday to my loved ones and neighbor
Thanks Bro. Bo!
For quite sometime, I was a nominal Catholic. I know I love God, and I know that deep inside me I’ll love to serve Him. But there’s something that’s holding me back whenever I tried to go to Church regularly.
…until I discovered the Feast! At first I have no idea why I enjoyed being there more than going to a usual Catholic mass. I said may be it’s the singing, and praising, and dancing that makes my worship more enjoyable. But today I realized it’s more than that. Because I was able to meet people who became Jesus to me- people who don’t measure my love to Him based on how many verses I have memorized from the Bible or how many times I pray the rosary everyday. At the Feast, I am not afraid to tell everyone that I am a sinful person without expecting to be judged. Truly, it’s the happiest place on earth!
May our dream of building 1,000 The Feasts all over the world and 15,000 attendees every Sunday come true. In Jesus’ time:)
Thank you Brother Bo for your untiring preach and teaching, Jesus Christ really works inside you…
More power and more blessing from Heavenly Father through His only righteous son Jesus Christ… Amen!!!
Thank you Brother Bo for the inspiring message ^_^
You are so right Bro Bo! Thank you for being Jesus to us and for teaching us how to be Jesus to somebody.
Thank you bro. Bo for another inspiring message this morning!!! Have a great Monday!!!
This is so touching, i can remember all the people who became Jesus to me and deeply grateful for each of them. May God bless them more as they are a blessing to me.
I hope to be a Jesus to somebody to make someone felt what I felt because of those people..
Thank you Bo! You are one of my Jesus..
I had watched a video about hating religion and loving Jesus and this article elaborates it more. Thank you Bro Bo.
Thank you bro!! =>
Thank you Bro. Bo! i was in the Feast yesterday! I felt so great! So blessed! It was actually my first time attending. I was the one in purple second line in front! haha.. Again thank you for this very inspiring article!
What a nice article Bro. Bo. Know what is always been my dream that i can attend to one of your feasts..i watch you TV every sunday..i really like the way you preach…
Four (4) fellow legionaries became Jesus to me last Sunday, Jan. 8 when they rushed me to the hospital and save my live. Thank you to all my fellow legionaries, relatives and friends who prayed for me. I hope to be Jesus to you also.
Thank you Bro Bo for this very inspiring and spirit-filled message. God must have led me to read this message this morning. You are Jesus to me today. God bless you and your family….
thank you very much for reminding me bro.bo..god bless you more..^_^
I don’t know exactly what is it but it made me shed some tears. Somewhat piercing but truly touching. May God bless you more (years) so you can share more (inspiration).
I don’t know exactly what it is but it made me shed some tears. Somewhat piercing but truly touching. May God bless you more (years) so you can share more (inspiration).
Thank you brother Bo! Truly, you are Jesus to us…
Hi Bro. Bo, thanks for this message of H&H- “heart and hand”…
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. (1 Peter 2:12)
i love it now kuya bo! nice passage. thank you
wow!..very inspiring as always.:) God Bless you more. Bro.bo, Thank you so much.!
Thanks Brother Bo…you’re a Jesus to us your readers. Your words are inspiring as if we’re hearing Jesus telling us the stories and parables.
Thanks a lot and God is always on our way.
thank you,Bro bo for this message…
(funny, i typed the line above with “thank you, Jesus” first when in my my mind it was actually “thank you, bro bo” —i guess that’s thank u for being Jesus to me today, bo, and everytime i listen to u preach. ^ _ ^ )
may we become Jesus and a hand and heart to others everyday…
may our dreams come true (btw, i have adopted this line, too
)
a blessed week
Thanks Bo! Teaching means becoming a Jesus to my students! God speed!
Bro. Bo, thanks for the reminder…. May the Lord continue to bless you, so you can be a blessing to others.
thank you again
Amen. Be Jesus to somebody with your heart and hand. A great challenge for a great life. Thanks, Bro. Bo.
Thanks Bo ! What a blessing to read this brilliant piece of writing
Yes, being Jesus to others is all that matters. Let the light of Jesus shine through us and to others in this dark world …
Truly inspiring!
Many thanks Bro. Bo.
Wow! You are one of my jesus bro. Bo,praise God for giving you to us! I’ll sure gonna share this to my friends and Facebook friends,HEhehehe
boom! thanks Bro. Bo! Smile!
Thank you Bo.
Truly inspiring to start the week.
Wish you a beautiful day!
Thanks Bro. Bo for the words and inspiration.
Thanks for a very inspiring article Bro. Bo! You’ve just made me resolve to do as much of those acts to be Jesus to many people who need to see Jesus in others and in turn be a Jesus to those they meet everyday. You’re Jesus to me Bro. Bo! All praises and thanks to Him who made you who you are today…
Spot on brother bo! yet another inspiring message from you… todday I’ve met Jesus in you. Hopefully I can be one to somebody today!
Being Jesus to somebody is the way that we need to have Jesus…Thank you Bro.Bo and to all Kerygma preachers,The Feast and LOJ Family…God bless us…
My husband is JESUS to me. He thought me how to share and give to the unfortunate one.
Thank you bro bo… hoping that in our everyday life, we became Jesus to somebody unknowingly… thanks a lot for another inspiring message.
God Bless you more !!!
thank you so much brother Bo, it really touched and inspired me. This will be the start of something new for me. From now on i will try to do my best to be Jesus to everyone. Thank you very much, more power to you and God bless.
Thank you brother for your untiring effort to bring Jesus to many lives worldwide…
i hope i can be Jesus too in my own simple ways…
I know that sometime I became a Jesus to somebody, you wouldn’t noticed it. But bro Bo. Sobrang ganda nito talaga very inspiring….
Bro Bo,
WONDERFUL!
I salute your deep spirituality. May I and many others be JESUS to whomever we come in contact with.
May you richly be blessed!
- Mila
It’s as if you wrote this for me to read this today. Thank you.
Thank you Bro Bo. You are one of the Jesus in my life. May God Bless u more.
Nice one.. Thanks Bro. Bo.. =)
You are amazing Bo, a very good writer. Continue doing what you are doing because you are helping others a lot. Just by reading your writing makes my day. I pray that you have a long life so that you will be able to reach more and more people. God bless you.
brother bo. thanx again for the soul foods.. yes your right bo.. be Jesus to somebody.. how i wish i can join the Truly Rich Coaching Program.. but i cant bec. im from cagayan de oro. and i dont have enough money to go in manila.. hopefully you and your group will plan to go here in Cagayan de oro for conference.. but trough the kerygma magazine,books (bo Sanchez books) and youtube I and We can still watch and read for the blessings..
wish you the best and for kerygma family.. God speed.
Thank you for that inspiring message..
thanks bro Bo,
Hope you and ur group can come to dubai, for us to have a chance to attend the feast..
so inspiring msg..
godbless always!
Amen to that…I want my challenges in life be an inspiration to my family, relatives, and friends, and to other people… Thank you Mr. Bo Sanchez for being an inspiration to us.
very well said brother bo… thanx for inspiring us once again.. It really opened or minds to noble things…
sir BO,
WOW…………..
thanks!
Bro. Bo
Sana makapunta kayo sa Butuan City. Meron ba kayong Fellowship dito? Sana meron.
Yes Bo, you inspires us again and again and again. Thank you so much you’re really a gift from heaven! You are Jesus to me and to everybody!
Please CONTINUE TO BE JESUS TO THE WHOLE WORLD! MORE POWER AND MAY GOD KEEP YOU TO BE STRONG AND HEALTHY ALWAYS!
just what i needed today… thanks for writing this wonderful article.. it really reminds each and everyone of us to be kind and be Jesus not just to one person but to everyone
this made me realize how lucky i am to be surrounded by people who are Jesus to me.. more importantly, i need to be a Jesus to everybody.. all the time even when it gets difficult..
This is indeed an eye opening topic. AWESOME!
Thanks…
the more i read (with understanding if course) these Bo’s knowledge (articles), i more i see myself useful.. the more happier i become, i more i’m hungrier for life, the more i become closer to myself (that’s something me myself can understand).. the more i see my mission.. the more i’m guided! I thank God for those!.. may our dreams come true!
Salamat Bo.
Thanks Bro Bo. I never get tired of reading your writings. This is one of the best.
God bless you more!
Very inspiring…
Maraming Salamat
Thanks bro. Bo, your message is inspiring, motivating, encouraging, and convicting as well. It reminds us to do good to others and not expect anything in return, just like what JESUS CHRIST did. I just hope and pray that many more will “get” the idea that we are to represent, reflect and be like our LORD JESUS as we follow HIM, fellowship with others who follow HIM and to fish for men, as we carry our cross daily. We are CHRIST’s Ambassadors to every person in this world so that they may know HIM and the One Who sent HIM. If we truly love HIM, then we shall be like HIM. And one day, when HE returns, we shall se HIM as HE is and we shall be like HIM.
You are truly blessed and a blessing to many.
Thank you so much bro Bo for the very inspiring reading..it reminds me how good to be a son of God even if we are sinners we can still be a blessing. to live daily with His word as my guidance and be a reflection to someone and be a blessing to them is a self fulfillment that we become a Jesus to others..just like Jesus we can also be a blessing..Thank you for being Jesus to us and for everybody u touched through your preaching.Godbless you more..
I thank you so much for being a Jesus to me. I’ve been blessed by you countless times.
I thank you so much for being a Jesus to me. I’ve been blessed by you countless times. God bless you as you continue to be Jesus to many.
Bro Bo!
You hit it again!!
Thanks! Jesus Bo!
More to come… plz!!!
every little things count, the simplest hand can do the works..
Thanks Bro. Bo…. for being Jesus to us.
Thank you so much, Bro Bo. It was a great blessing to hear your story, they are words of inspiration and great thoughts to reflect. Thank you, Jesus for giving us yourself in the person of Bro. Bo.
Praise be to GOD!
Aww. Thank you so much for your inspiring message Bro. Bo! May you continue to touch lives and hearts, like Jesus!
thank you Bro. Bo.
I am inspired by this topic Bro. Bo. As i read through the lines it makes me think and I agree on the things you said and I’m planning to share this..Hope I can enlighten someone by forwarding this topic. God Bless you Bro. Bo…
I saw Jesus in you brother Bo…I praise and Thank God for your talent…to inspire and bring out the best in us…though how unperfect we may be
Wow Bro Bo!
I will forever ponder this in my heart, and put it into actions with my hands!
Many thanks!
Praise God!
Thank you bro. Bo!
This article hits me right in the head. 8 years ago when I was still in college, I was turned off by some classmates and even a professor who are religiously arrogant.
This professor always consume 15 mins of the 1-hour business management class for opening prayers. One day, she said to the class that I look like a girl and I should get a clean haircut. Yes, I had long hair (but much shorter compared to Jesus).
Some classmates, on the other hand, shooed away beggars in the street.
In 2010, I was looking for a book about investing in the stock market and I learned about bro. Bo. After reading his other books, Internet articles and attending the Feast, I must say that I am very happy, proud and grateful to be a God-follower again. I feel so welcomed and loved.
Bro. Bo, you are Jesus to me!
And I will be Jesus to others in my imperfect way!
P.S. I am yet to hear or read a sentence from you that I don’t agree. Because after everything you’ve said or wrote so far, I nod my head and smile in agreement.
Our Tatay..he passed away though, but i remember him..He was JESUS to us..
Thanks Bro Bo for another inspiring thoughts and advice to a troubled and curious person like me. God bless.
I always enjoy reading these teachings and sharing them. It would be nice to have a link on the webpage “email this article.” But since there is none, I am copying and pasting it, of course, linking the site.
…almost in tears while reading this, remembering many people who are Jesus to me. i just felt so lucky.
i wanted to be Jesus to my family, friends, office mates or strangers that i would meet everyday, constantly, in my imperfect way, for the glory of God!
Hi Bo, your soulfood emails keeps me inspired whenever i read it. I get excited every time i see your name in my inbox. thank you for all the inspiring stories you always shared on us!
I can really relate to your books especially about investing in stocks market and being a financial literate since i am a student in business administration major in Financial Management. thanks to you! it helps me understand how important is my course for the future.
Bo, i am really excited because I saw your name as one of the speakers in the 8th Mindanao Business and Management Youth Congress this Feb 17-19 at one of the hotels here in CDO. I really really really really want to join
but I can’t afford to not attend my classes on Feb 17 and i am ashamed to ask money for my parents since its paying-for-midterm-exam this week 
its so sad! hope that there is still more other opportunities like that here in CDO. hope that i could meet you personally and have one your books signed 
I remember in the 80’s - I attended a mass at Forbes Park and heard the late Fr. Vic Bagsic preached the same message, and he put it in these words — BE A BETTER MOTHER, be a better neighbour, be a better teacher, be a better cleaner, be a better person and BECOME JESUS TO EVERYONE.
I had a friend, a new convert who would “harass” other neighbors by saying they would go to hell if they dont go to mass, or drinking liquor at the corners. Our neighbours started avoiding this convert like a pest.
I was studying theology and very active in the charismatic renewal. My neighbours wondered why was i different from that “preacher” at the corner. and I said, I dont know. I heard what Fr. Bagsic said, be a walking bible and be a better neighbor. I refrained from judging my sinful neighbors, I talked to them, laughed and joked with them (clean jokes) — while I had a bible and a rosary on my hand. These neighbors asked where did I get that beautiful smile, I said by having Jesus in my heart. And they asked me how could they have Jesus, I asked them to come to the prayer meeting in the parish and they are welcome. Then I saw my gambler-drinking-troublesome neighbors coming to the parish and soon enough they became good catholics. and our sunday masses were filled with these new converts.
GLORY TO GOD! With all humility, I give glory to HIm who guided me on how to become a better neighbour. thank you Jesus for the inspiration brought by Fr. Bagsic and our Bro Bo.
Thank you Brother Bo for another inspiring and timely message.
A very inspiring message this week to me.
Thank you Bro.Bo…God bless!!!!
Thanks you brother Bo, for a very inspiring message
God never fails to use you in inspiring people and calling them higher in their relationship with God. Life and doctrine - they are essentially important in making the unbelievers know God in a better and practical way.
Thanks brother Bo for your insights. Glory be to God.
wow…. may you always be bless like you have bless me today…..
Thank you Bo! You made my day again!
Thank you very much Bro Bo for the inspiring message…. I now realized that there are many times I had wasted my chance of becoming Jesus to another person….
Dear Bo, very nice article just like the previous soulfood newsletters.Thanks for the inspiration, I’ll try to be one.I mean, be Jesus to the people around me wherever I am.
Keep up the good work and be as godly as you are!
Am praying for you and your family, both biological and spiritual.
Before reading this up, I am supposed to attend my workout session. But unfortunately, I had to do some rush jobs at my work. After doing so, I opened my personal email and saw this unread message from bro Bo. I read it from my email and then clicked that button to continue reading. When I was headed to his site, I thought of not finishing this topic but something urged me to do it. And I did not regret. It was awesome! God spoke to me through this article. I believe what Fr.Juarez once said in his homily, when something happens that is beyond your control(just like my rush jobs awhile ago) dont get frustrated, God has something better for you. This was the better plan of God for me. To be able to read this blog from bro Bo. God is & will always be good! Thanks bro Bo.
‘ Once upon a time, I didn’t know that. I was brought up to believe that to be Jesus to somebody, I shouldn’t smoke, or drink, or gamble, or go clubbing, or listen to secular music… ‘
this is so true, nowadays i found more and more people have this kind of thought … unfortunately, some of them are young leaders in community, young activists in church … i once heard one of them said ‘ i thank god for not give me a smoker friend, because it is written in bible that … bad friends will destroy you’
Your message Bo is always timely and inspiring especially when I am confronted with lots of uncertainties and fears and i love how you put it. “Thank God for each one of them. And everyday, resolve to be Jesus to somebody. You don’t have to be perfect.
You just have to love them in your imperfect way.”
Thank You so much Bro.Bo for being an inspiration and Jesus to me.
Thanks Bro. Bo for being a Jesus to me. May God continu to use to be Jesus for many.
Bro. Bo your a Jesus to me. this article inspired me more to serve others and be Jesus to them as well.
thanks bro for always inspiring me to live a generous life. God bless your family and ministry
A must read. How can I share this on Facebook please? I want “Christians” like me to read it too. It hits the bull right on target.
This article truly touched my heart
almost cried while reading this..
Thank for the advice . Brother Bo u give me a new sight about life n that help me to achieve my goals easier. Thank a lot . i wanna tell u that my good friend in our youth choir tell me about your website n i was happy can read each of your article . hehehe can.t wait until the next article. Shalom Brother Bo
from Marsi,Ketapang - West Borneo (Indonesia)
Hi Bo. honestly i almost cried after reading your article. i imagined that i was been hit by a big truck. thank you for giving your effort to write this article,. it touches my life. hope that i can share it with my office mates, friends and most of all into my Family.
me too, see brilliance in you
Another gem of an article you have here, Bro. Bo! You made a seemingly boring and uninspired day truly special and faith-filled. It really helps to read your article – enlightening and illuminating Scripture passages that I matter-of-factly read. Yes, I have to be Jesus, FIRST, to my wife and kids, and other people I deal with every day. Once again, thank you, Bro. Bo, for a very inspiring read.
Gudam bro bo, what a wonderful article, its perfect to start 2012, i love it and surely i will share it to my Household members im sure they will be inspired more, god bls and more power
thank you so much brother Bo,
you are always a Jesus to everyone. thats why you are very blessed..’thank you for being an inspiration, God bless you more.
ang galing nito. talagang nakikita ko ito sa various religious organizations. instead na mag-attend ka, parang ayaw mo na kasi nagagalit sila pag naka absent ka and ang dami pang investigations. that’s why I’m planning to join Feast someday. Iba ang perspective mo than other religious organizations.
i was crying while reading this.. i resolve to be a Jesus to somebody everyday.. what i beautiful message brother Bo.. indeed, U are a blessing.. Continue inspiring people.. u inspired me in so many ways.. I thank God for your presence..
I was shocked and overwhelmed with your article today. I believe this will inspire and change our (Catholics/Christians) attitude and style in our dealings with others and one another.
I will pray for the grace to bring Jesus to others and especially to my family. God bless
Another Awesome article. I raise my hand and admit that I’m one of those who needs to work on being Jesus to important people in my life. It is true that there comes a time when we need to become Jesus in other people’s lives.
Bro. Bo, you’re one of the people who are Jesus to me…I hope I can be Jesus to my family and to every person that I will meet….God bless you and your family!
You are Jesus to me! I pray that i too will be Jesus to others! God bless you more bro Bo!
This is a masterpiece Brother Bo. I literally cried. You nourish my soul and always bring me closer to God.
u made me cry on this article bro.bo…as i recall all d Jesus in my life…i woudn’t be here without them…my aunts and grandpa…who supported my education…thanks and may god bless u more!
Bo, can i discuss this inspiring yet eye-opening article in our prayer assembly?
thank you so much, Bro. Bo, now i have more reasons to sit in front of my computer than just the game. i found you, again (again because i used to read you in kerygma) and your enlightening preaches.