Who really is John, the theologian, the author of the fourth gospel, symbolic writer who composed a wonderful spiritual gospel? The text does not name or describe him, but the ancient authors, without a shadow of a doubt, always identified him with the disciple John, son of Zebedee, brother of James, one of the twelve […]
The Covenant: the ring of the bride Introduction In the Old Testament, the term covenant occurs 286 times, and this gives an idea of the importance Israel attached to this institution. It is used as an image to express his relationship with the Lord. But what does it mean to make a covenant with […]
John: A Symbolic Gospel The Gospel according to John is the fourth in the series of Gospels and is an exceptional work from the literary and theological point of view, delightful work, apparently simple, but very deep, rich with great theology, the fruit of deep and careful meditation. Our Eastern Orthodox brethren address John’ O […]
FEAST OF THE HOLY TRINITY THE JOY OF DISCOVERING THE HIDDEN MYSTERY Introduction We do not have an exclusive right to faith in God. However, the assertion that, in the one God, there is paternity, affiliation, and a gift of love is specific to Christianity. With an abstract term, not biblical and certainly inadequate, […]
PENTECOST SUNDAY THE SPIRIT: FANCY TO POWER Introduction Natural phenomena are what most impress the imagination of humans—fire, lightning, hurricanes, earthquakes, thunder (Ex 19:16-19)—and these are used in the Bible to describing the manifestations of God. The sacred authors also used images from nature to represent the outpouring of the Lord’s Spirit. They […]
Luke’s Passion Narrative On the first day of the week, at dawn, women (who had followed Jesus to the cross and to the tomb) went to the sepulcher to perform the burial rite. They had not had time on the evening of Jesus’ death, the Passover feast had begun. They hurried back in time before […]
The Passion Narrative Jericho is the last stop for those going to Jerusalem. In Jericho, Jesus met Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector, a man who seemed irredeemable, but instead, upon entering his home, his conversion took place. Salvation entered the life of Zacchaeus through the person of Jesus. After leaving Jericho, Jesus ascended to Jerusalem. […]
Conversion and Salvation They informed Jesus about a recent event. Pilate had some Galileans killed who had done something unlawful in the temple in Jerusalem. They asked Jesus if the death of these Galileans had been caused by their sin. Jesus answered by making a clear distinction between that political action and the responsibility of […]
The Prayer of Jesus “He was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’” Prayer is one of the most beloved themes for the evangelist Luke; he insists a lot on this aspect; he presents Jesus as the prayer teacher […]
The theme of the road “To do and to listen” “When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem.” We are in chapter 9, verse 51, of the Gospel according to Luke. It is considered the central verse, the articulation of the story of the third evangelist. […]