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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...

To Jesus belongs the glory of the Father’s only son.  Those who stay with Jesus get to have shining faces and burning hearts.   Jesus’ face and clothes turn shining and bright as he is transfigured before Peter, James and John.  Are the three of the inner circle of...

Jesus is the new Adam and the true Israel.  For he says “no” to the devil and “yes” to God.  We too must say “no” to the devil and “yes” to God.   Yes, Jesus stays true while the first Adam gave in to temptation ( CCC  539).  No, the latter did not defy the serpent,...

Christ is the wisdom of God, which is not at all like the wisdom of the world.  Those who are Christ’s are wise and righteous or just.   The scribes and the Pharisees are deemed righteous.  For they are strict keepers of the law of Moses. Jesus is not against the...