4th Sunday of Lent, Year B, Gospel Commentary (John 3:14-21)

Jesus said to Nicodemus: 14 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his

The Third Luminous Mystery of the Rosary: The Proclamation of the Kingdom (John 3:1-21)

Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” 3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell

Easter Sunday Gospel Commentary (John 20:1-9)

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we

Christmas Day Gospel Commentary (John 1:1-18)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Knowing and Loving (1 John 2:3-11)

3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live

God is Light (1 John 1:5)

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. This verse provides us with the fundamental message of the first letter of John. It also forms a kind of transition to the arguments given by those with whom the author disagrees. The