JOHN 10:31-42 “THE LORD IS WITH ME.” Faith, which is like a seed in the depths of the heart, blossoms when we allow ourselves to be “drawn” by the Father to Jesus, and “go to Him” with an open mind, with an open heart, without prejudices; then we recognize in his face the face of …
JOHN 8:51-59 “HE WHO IS FAITHFUL TO MY WORD WILL NOT DIE FOREVER.” What does it mean to be faithful to the Word of the Lord? Is it enough just to believe? Faithfulness to the Word means living what we believe. Let us confront our lives in the light of the Word of the Lord. …
JOHN 8:31-42 “… THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.” Jesus tells us to do our best to follow what He asks of us because He knows our humanity, and yet He always waits for us. What would we say to him and what would we feel if Jesus Christ said to us today: “If you …
MATTHEW 1:16, 18-21. 24a JOSEPH, A RIGHTEOUS MAN. Saint Joseph was characterized by his silence…a respectful silence at the service of listening. This silence helps us to look inwards to meditate and know God’s will; it teaches us to be great from smallness like Mary (charity), invites us to trust in the Creator, even if …
JOHN 8:1-11 “NOR DO I CONDEMN YOU.” The scholars and Pharisees were looking for an opportunity to set a trap for Jesus so they would have something to accuse him of. They didn’t care about this poor woman’s situation, they just wanted to apply the law above all else. But Jesus unmasks them by confronting …
JOHN 7:40-53 “THIS IS THE MESSIAH.” Precisely those who listen to Jesus, who know him closely, are amazed. Whoever hears the words of Jesus cannot remain the same. That is why in the Gospel text the soldiers who had been sent to seize the Lord, return astonished, saying that no one had ever spoken like …
JOHN 7:1-2. 10. 25-30 “I HAVE NOT COME ON MY OWN; THE FATHER SENT ME.” We are immersed in Lent, and it is also a time to ask ourselves if we are capable of recognizing the Son of God in our brothers and sisters, if we see in others, in their way of life, the …
JOHN 5:31-47 “… THE FATHER WHO SENT ME BEARS WITNESS OF ME.” Anyone who recognizes that God is Father must recognize that the works of Jesus, like those of the Father, communicate life to us because they are of God (5:17-21). The Lord seeks to convince the disciples that their testimony is not for themselves, …
JOHN 5:17-30 JESUS ACTS IN UNION WITH THE FATHER. The Gospel of John shows us how Jesus preaches in an attempt to explain to those present something about what it means to live in communion with God, that is, what the spiritual life means. It is to have Him as a point of reference on …
JOHN 5:1-16 “GET UP, TAKE YOUR MAT AND WALK.” Jesus, as a good Jew, is a faithful observer of the Law, so He goes up to Jerusalem to celebrate the feasts. In Jerusalem He meets a paralytic, Jesus looks at him with a compassionate look and asks him a question that seems superfluous: Do you …
