Jesus is the Good News of God’s kingdom in person. He sends his forerunners to towns and places where he plans to go.
Ross Reyes Dizon
Last of the Last Servants of Christ
Jesus is first since he is last; he is Lord since he is Servant. He wants his disciples to be like him, that is, last...
Others to Feed, so They Have their Fill
Jesus is the Word of God made flesh. He dwells with the others so that those who hunger and thirst may have their...
To Experience God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Jesus, the Word made flesh, wants us to experience God as he does. He thus makes him known as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. For Jesus to experience God as his Father means, in part, to pray to him. He thus, as a high priest, prays to him (Jn 17). And he...
Spirit of Christ, of Peace and Mission
The Father’s Sent One, in turn, sends us Christians. Yet we can go on Christ’s mission only if the Spirit of Christ is upon us. The spirit of Elijah was upon Elisha. What Elisha had done to cross the Jordan on dry land made this clear. It seems, then, that it is...
Mantle of Prophecy and Mission
Jesus is the Father’s Sent One to preach the Good News to the poor. To see him by the light of faith go up to heaven is to take up the mantle of prophecy and mission he has left us. As Elijah goes up to heaven, his mantle falls from him. And Elisha picks it up. He...
Life in Us since Jesus Nourishes Us
Jesus is true food and true drink and is the word of eternal life. For us to have him nourish us is to have life in us as we abide in him and he in us. It is the hour for love, which means love is what counts. It is, of course, about Jesus’ love for us, our love for...
Cherish, Caress, Hold Dear, One Another
Jesus loves us to the end, to giving up his body and shedding his blood for us. He wants us to love one another as he loves us, which means we are to cherish one another. At bottom, love is Jesus as he lays down his life for us (1 Jn 3, 16; 4, 9-10). Which goes to...
Hear and Follow the Good Shepherd
Jesus is the Good News to the poor in person. Hence, he seeks them and they, in turn, do not fail to hear and follow him. Jesus says that he knows his sheep, and they hear and follow him. And he says this to the leaders of the Jews in matters of religion. It looks...
Rulers Who Are Lowly, and Love and Feed Others
Jesus is Ruler and Savior. He wants the rulers among his own to be lowly, to love and feed others, just as he has been and done to them.
To Serve like the Father’s Sent One
Jesus is the one the Father has chosen, anointed and sent. And as the Father has sent him, so he sends us. And his mission is to serve. Jesus has just held with his apostles the first Eucharist. Yet it appears they do not at all understand it and what it means. ...
Know Love just as Jesus Shows It to Us
Jesus on the cross lets us know love as one can show it in the greatest way. Such love makes us live and lifts us up. Of course, Mary of Magdala does know love just as Jesus shows it to her. Or she would not love him back and go at the crack of dawn to visit his...
