𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟕 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧

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𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟕 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

John’s own Gospel refers to him as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (see John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2), the one who reclined next to Jesus at the Last Supper, and the one to whom Jesus gave the exquisite honor of caring for his mother, as John stood beneath the cross. “Woman, behold your son…. Behold, your mother” (John 19:26b, 27b).

Because of the depth of his Gospel, John is usually thought of as the eagle of theology, soaring in high regions that other writers did not enter. But the ever-frank Gospels reveal some very human traits. Jesus gave James and John the nickname, “sons of thunder.” While it is difficult to know exactly what this meant, a clue is given in two incidents.

The Apostle John is traditionally considered the author also of three New Testament letters and the Book of Revelation. His Gospel is a very personal account. He sees the glorious and divine Jesus already in the incidents of his mortal life. At the Last Supper, John’s Jesus speaks as if he were already in heaven. John’s is the Gospel of Jesus’ glory.

𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑

𝘖 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘖𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯.

𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.