Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist
That we have heard and seen John 20:2-8 There are many themes that St. John proposed in his writings. But all these are to strengthen develop the faith given to us by Jesus. I would like to mention three of them: First, love Jesus said, "I give you a new command: "Love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (John 13: 34) and in John 15: 3: "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." Love is the most supreme virtue one can live out. And in 1 John 4: 9: "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." Second, dichotomies St. John presents images as light and darkness, faith and unbelief, grace and sin. There is a choice that he wants us to contemplate on based on the words and actions of Jesus, "And they believed." May we sin ourselves confronting these choices and choosing the better one. Third, the Church ...