Jesus is the one who makes us truly free.  He cannot but groan as he sees that we do not yet enjoy the freedom he wants us to have.  Jesus heaves a groan as he heals a man who is deaf and cannot talk.  Such a groan may be a sign of his compassion.  It may also mean it...

Jesus is the one who sees God.  Hence, he cannot but be the eldest among many brothers and sisters who are clean of heart. Those God has chosen are not to add to what he commands or subtract from it.  Does not this make known that his commands must stay plain, clean,...

Jesus is the fullness of the law and the prophets. To go to him means to hear words of eternal life and to know the Holy One of God.

Jesus gives us his flesh to eat and his blood to drink. To eat his flesh and to drink his blood means to have life and to live forever.

Jesus is the true bread from heaven that the Father gives us.  To eat this bread means to gain strength and to live forever.

Jesus is the bread of life that has come down from heaven. To go to him and to believe in him means to never hunger or thirst again. 

Jesus, like his Father, is attentive to our needs.  He does not fail to fill up those of us who hunger for what we lack. Those who were dying of hunger in the desert did not have to return to Egypt to fill up themselves.  For the one who had brought them out of...

Jesus is David’s just shoot and his name is “The-Lord-our-justice.”  As King and Messiah, then, he cannot but attend to all the people with justice and mercy.  Through him, we can go near the Father in one Spirit. To attend to his sent ones who now come back from...

As the Father sends him, so Jesus sends his disciples.  These sent ones carry out what their Teacher tells them to do.  By the sheer grace and will of God through Christ, the apostles preach, cast out many demons, and heal the sick. For they do not do so on their own;...

Jesus, since he is weak, is strong. Those who follow him break the mold, too, as they affirm, “When we are weak, then we are strong.” The folks of Jesus’ hometown do not doubt that he is a wise teacher who does mighty works. Yet there is one thing about him that...