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The first “don’t fear” addresses the fact that things aren’t always as they appear, but truth will be uncovered or revealed. This is one of Jesus’ most highly attested sayings, appearing in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and twice in non-biblical “The Gospel of Thomas:” “…nothing is hidden that won’t be revealed”Read More →

Just as the apostles were ordinary men hand picked by Jesus whom he gave authority over unclean spirits, we can experience the same presence of our Lord Jesus in our community if we open ourselves through service to others. May the Holy Spirit move each one of us to goRead More →

This extract comes from one of the best-known chapters of St John’s Gospel, which begins with his account of the “Miracle of the Loaves and Fish”. After the crowd had been fed Jesus had sent them, and his disciples, on their way while he retreated into the hills for aRead More →

The mystery of the Trinity is just that: a mystery. It is not a mystery in the Miss Marple sense, that is, something to figure out. But instead it is a truth that is beyond us. Luckily, we have Scripture to lead us on, and the traditions and writings ofRead More →

St. John locates the giving of the Holy Spirit in Christ’s death, followed by his breathing this same Spirit on the Apostles on Easter Day. On Golgotha, according to St. John, Jesus cried out: I thirst! (19:28). In accordance with John’s habitual style, this bears a double meaning. Jesus sufferedRead More →