GO AFTER JESUS When the Baptist got arrested, Jesus came to Galilee and started to «proclaim the Good News of God». According to Mark, he doesn’t actually teach a doctrine that his disciples need to learn and spread correctly. Jesus announces an event that is already happening. He’s a

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 and tells his disciples to go with him: «This is the Lamb of God». Probably those di

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 Holy Spirit. That’s why these words of the Baptist are recorded in many different ways:

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 Israel, but do know the language of the stars. They seek truth and set out to discover i

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 wall seemed to block God’s communication with the people. No one was able to hear God’s

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 from distortions that have existed in Marian piety. Sometimes there was an over-the-top

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 in his heart the hope of seeing someday «the consolation» that is so needed. «Prompted

GOD’S HUMAN FACE The fourth Gospel begins with a very special prologue. It’s a kind of hymn that from the first centuries decidedly helped Christians to go deeper into the mystery contained in Jesus. If we hear it with a simple faith, it can help us today to believe in Jesus in a more

A SURPRISING ANNOUNCEMENT Luke narrates the announcement of Jesus’ birth in strict parallelism with that of the Baptist. The contrast between both scenes is so surprising that it allows us to perceive God’s Mystery, incarnate in Jesus, with new light. The announcement of the Baptist’s

MAKE STRAIGHT THE PATH TO JESUS «Standing among you is one unknown to you». The Baptist pronounced these words referring to Jesus, who is already moving among those who came to the Jordan to be baptized, though he has not yet manifested himself. This is precisely the Baptist’s concern