In today’s Gospel Jesus proclaims his divinity by speaking like God. In the book of Exodus God reveals himself to Moses with the following words: “I am who I am…This is what you will tell the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” (Exodus 3:14). In today’s Gospel...
In today’s Gospel Jesus declares: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” We have all had the experience of being in the dark and trying to walk around. We need light to see and to walk around in...
In today’s Gospel we discover more and more about Jesus as we come with the first disciples to question and see Jesus: “‘Rabbi’…where are you staying?’ He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So, they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him...
Today’s Gospel is the story of the “second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea.” Jesus heals the son of a royal official in the town of Capernaum. In John’s Gospel signs are healings or miracles that Jesus performs. The Evangelist seems to have an...
In today’s Gospel a sincere Jewish scribe comes to Jesus with a legitimate question. What is most important? What is the central core of our faith and our faith life? As a scribe he had prayerfully studied the Sacred Scripture. Perhaps he even felt a bit...
