Christ suffered for sins to lead us sinners to God.  To be a Christian means to suffer persecution and to appear in court and receive beatings.  And also, to have as Advocate the Spirit of truth. Jesus continues to bid his disciples farewell and to get them ready for...

Jesus is the way and the truth and the life.  To get to follow him, by his grace, is to get to the full truth and to eternal life.   Those whom Jesus chose, called to follow him, are troubled.  For they have heard him say, “ Little children, I am only with you a...

Jesus is the shepherd who leads out the sheep to green pastures.  He is also the gate through which they can enter and go out. That Jesus is shepherd means he walks before us to lead us, to guide us.  And that he is the gate through which we enter and leave means he...

Jesus is God’s everlasting love in person.  Hence, risen from the dead, he does stay true to us and does walk with us.   Two disciples are on their way to Emmaus.  Jesus draws near to them and walks with them.  But they do not recognize him.  It may be because,...

The risen Christ is the one who lights up our darkness. Not to close the doors, but to open them is what he wants us to do.   It matters to Jesus’ disciples to close or not to close the doors with locks, but not to Jesus. For he comes in just the same. So, nothing can...

Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.   In him, all will get to rise from the dead. Scripture says that Christ has to rise from the dead.  But the disciples have not understood this saying.  That is why they, along with Mary,...

Though he has no guilt at all, Jesus deigns to suffer for us sinners.  He thus lets us know that God loves us so much. Jesus goes up to Jerusalem to suffer and so enter into glory.  But, surely, it does not cross the minds of those who greet him with “Hosannas” that...

Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, the one coming into the world, is the resurrection and the life.  To believe in him means to live, never to die. It is so that the disciples may believe in Jesus that he does not go to sick Lazarus.  And when he does,...

Jesus is the light of the world.  He does the works of the one who sent him.  And to open the eyes of blind folks is part of these works. As he walks along, Jesus sees a man blind from birth.  The disciples see him also.  Yet Jesus sees in a positive way while the...

Jesus makes known what it means to hunger and thirst for justice. He does not fail to satisfy those who are hungry and thirsty like him.   Tired from his journey, Jesus sits down at Jacob’s well in a town of Samaria named Sychar. It is about noon. And a Samaritan...