Give me the wisdom to understand

Never before has anyone spoken like this man. Have you ever tried to argue with someone in uniform?   Soldiers and police officers are not easily swayed.   They have a job to do and they do it.   But the Temple guards who were sent to arrest Jesus were stopped in...

The Just One

Merely to see him is a hardship for us. Do you know someone whose life seems so together that you can’t bear being around him or her?   Finances?   In perfect order. Kids?   All honor students with good manners.   Appearance?   Not a hair out of place and not a single...

Evidence

Even they testify on my behalf.  Imagine you were alive in the early first century.   Would you have believed that Jesus was the Son of God?   You probably would have wanted some evidence. That’s precisely what Jesus gave his listeners in Scripture—evidence.   He...

I want your living water to flow in me

He . . . guides them beside springs of water.  Did you know that the earth’s surface is over 70 percent water?   And more than half of the people on earth live within 3 kilometers of fresh water!   Not only that, but our bodies are 60 percent water.   And while you...

I want to be made well

Do you want to be well?  Did you know that St. John recounts only seven of Jesus’ miracles?   They may be few in number, but they are rich in meaning.   In fact, John called them “signs” because of the way each of them led people to believe in Jesus. Well, all except...

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