All posts tagged Gospel of John
Prepare Yourself for Trials
Serving God has its trials because of the clash of our own plans with the plan of God for us, and because of our want it now culture. Those clashes …
Follow me, the Spirit says
The gospel of John is read at Mass these last days before the Feast of Pentecost. We’re brought to the Sea of Galilee where the Lord first called Peter and …
Never Alone
In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks of being left alone in the hour of his greatest need. This Gospel passage is another selection from the Farewell Discourse in the Gospel of …
Not Goodbye, but Au revoir
To say “goodbye” is to die a little – so goes a French axiom. Jesus doesn’t say that exactly in this gospel, but we can understand its truth from what …
Saints Philip and James
On a feast of an apostle you expect to hear about one of his heroic acts or wise sayings, but in today’s reading from St. John’s gospel for the feast …
The Voice of the Shepherd
We live in a world where people take desperate measures to stay “connected” with one another. Witness the widespread popularity these days of Facebook, Linked In, Twitter and all of …
The Bread of Life
The four gospels say that Jesus fed a crowd of people near the Sea of Galilee by multiplying a few loaves of bread and some fish. It’s one of his …






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