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Tag Archives: Fourth Gospel
Good Friday: We Are On Trial
John’s Gospel is so different from all the others, because Jesus the spotlight is on his eternal divinity in all its power. One dominant theme throughout the Passion according to John is that when Jesus is brought up on … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged character, crisis, Fourth Gospel, Good Friday, Gospel of John, judgment
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Maundy Thursday: Don’t Keep Safe. Keep Loving!
These epidemic days everyone tells us, “Keep safe.” But our real job is to keep loving, and loving often isn’t safe. Maundy Thursday gets its name from the Latin, mandatum, which means “commandment.” Jesus’ new commandment to us, which … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged commandment, Eucharist, Fourth Gospel, Gospel of John, law, Maundy Thursday
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At the Tomb of Lazarus
John 11:1-45 Gospel for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year A Several times a day my wife and I scan the New York Times on line. These days, of course, we find that almost every article is more bad news about the … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged death, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Easter, Fourth Gospel, Gospel of John, John, Lazarus, lent
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The Samaritan Woman: Life That Gushes
We are still playing catch-up on the great dialogs of the Fourth Gospel appointed for Lent. Last Sunday was the Third Sunday of Lent, and the appointed Gospel reading was from John, chapter four, which features Jesus’ dialog with the … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged baptism, Covid-19, dialogs, eternal life, Fourth Gospel, Gospel of John, pandemic, Samaritan, well, woman
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Nicodemus and Us
This is my second “blog in a time of pandemic.” And it fits also in my ongoing series of reflections on the Sunday readings. (I rely greatly in these comments on the scholarship of the late Raymond E. Brown, and I love his idea … Continue reading
The Woman at the Well
The famous dialog between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well is part of a series of beautifully crafted dialogs in the Fourth Gospel. Several themes appear repeatedly in this series. Spiritual knowing or seeing is one theme. … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged baptism, Church, Fourth Gospel, Gospel of John, grace, messiah, Samaritan
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