This Gospel begins with the verb "to see". Before speaking, Jesus sees the crowd. His gaze is profound, capable of feeling the sorrow, of perceiving anguish and fear. Before addressing the heart, Jesus always touches the living flesh of those he meets. He puts his...
This Gospel opens with an entirely human behaviour of Jesus and ends with an insight into human beings that only God is capable of. John the Baptist is about to be killed and Jesus moves away, leaves. He does so by manifesting his human nature...
John is assiduously seeking Christ. He is not content with merely seeking, he wants to communicate to others the joy of having encountered the Lord. Seeking God begins with the deep desire to know him. John meets the Lord because he wishes to see him,...
There is a thin thread that links the birth of Jesus to today's Gospel. Thirty years pass in which Jesus lives a normal life within a seemingly ordinary family. Until today, almost everything seems normal in his life....
