Thursday 26 December 2013

Friday, December 29, 2013 - St. John the Evangelist - The Beloved disciple believed without proof. Do you need proof to believe?

To read the texts click on the texts: 1 Jn 1:1-4; Jn 20:2-8

Saint John whose feast we celebrate today is in the Gospels the brother of James. The brothers were sons of Zebedee and were fishermen. John along with his brother James and Peter were the trio who accompanied Jesus when he raised Jairus' daughter and also on the mountain at the Transfiguration and in Gethsemane.

The Beloved disciple who is a character only in the Gospel of John has often been associated with the disciple and evangelist John. The Gospel text chosen for the feast is from the Gospel of John and in which the beloved disciple figures. The text speaks about the intuition and faith of the Beloved disciple. On being told by Mary Magdalene that the Tomb in which Jesus lay was empty, he along with Peter ran to the tomb. The beloved disciple saw and believed. He needed no proof. The empty tomb and the words of Jesus before his death were proof enough for him.


What the beloved disciple believed, is the evidence of the empty tomb: not merely that the tomb was empty, but that its emptiness bore witness that Jesus has conquered death and restored life.

The beloved disciple could not keep this revelation to himself and was inspired to share it with the whole world through his Gospel. The news was too good and too new to let it remain only within his heart.

Will you act like the beloved disciple and share the news of Jesus?

1 comment:

  1. Thanks to your powerful preaching of the 3 hours at St Andrew's, the image I like of St John is of him standing with the Mother of Jesus at the foot of the Cross,n

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