I think to begin to get the full impact of what Jesus is teaching us today, it's helpful to go back a little way in this Gospel. During this same Last Supper conversation a few minutes earlier, Jesus ...

In his homily, the pope reflected on the Gospel of John’s account of the Last Supper, in which Jesus washed his disciples’ ...

“Jesus’s journey reveals to us that the willingness to lose oneself, to empty oneself, is not an end in itself, but a ...

Early one morning recently as I sat down to write this column, my phone made that “you have a new text” sound. It was from my wife. She was sharing a prayer request she had gotten from a close friend ...

Just as Mary Magdalene and the other women rushed to tell the disciples that Jesus is risen, "we too should desire to set out ...

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Perhaps one of the best-known verses in the Bible, this ...

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that God gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. NIV He Has Risen. Risen Indeed. Happy Easter Everyone. If ...

Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. Last weekend, my husband and I were praying aloud while walking on the beach. As he recited a Rosary prayer with ...

According to the Gospel of John, in his final moment on the cross, Jesus declared: "It is finished" (Jn 19:30). The words might also be translated: "It is fulfilled"; or "It is accomplished"; or "It ...