LEARN TO LIVE John the Evangelist is especially interested in indicating to his readers how the small group of Jesus’ followers began. It all looks casual. The Baptist looks at Jesus who is passing by

LISTEN TO WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS The early Christians were convinced that in order to follow Jesus it’s not enough to be baptized by water or some such ritual. It’s necessary to live drenched by his Hol

WHOM DO WE ADORE? The Wise Men come from «the East», a place that evokes for the Jews the homeland of astrology and other strange sciences. They’re pagans. They don’t know the Sacred Scriptures of Isr

WELCOME GOD Jesus appeared in Galilee when the Jewish people were going through a deep religious crisis. They’d gone a long time feeling far from God. The heavens were «closed». A kind of invisible wa

OUR MOTHER WALKS WITH US It’s said that today’s Christians are less moved by the figure of Mary than believers in other times. Perhaps we are unconscious victims of fears and suspicions that arise fro

A SIGN THAT IS OPPOSED Simeon is a beloved character. We almost always imagine him as an old temple priest, but nothing of the sort appears in the text. Simeon is a good man of the people, who holds i