Introduction: In this text of John 6:1-15, the Evangelist brings up another miracle, the “multiplication of Loaves, which is presented in the same context as the previous passage of our ‘Lectio Divina’, just before the Jewish Festival/Passover. The intention Continue reading →

Introduction: In this text of John 5:1-16, the main focus in on the person of Jesus and his compassion towards a person who has been ill for thirty eight years. The text does not say much about the faith of Continue reading →

Introduction: John 4:46-54, is a text which shows a paradigm of authentic faith in the Son of God. It is not miracles that make people believe but the discovering who Jesus is and why he has been sent to the Continue reading →

Introduction: the text of John 4:20-30 is the continuation of our last Lectio Divina which introduced the conversation of Jesus with the Samaritan woman and progressively going further in their relationship, to a spiritual level, whereby after Jesus making her Continue reading →

Introduction: in John 4:1-42, Jesus meets a woman of Samaria. The verses 1-4, John not only introduces the story of Jesus’ relationship with the woman of Samaria but he gives the reason why he left Judea and decided to go Continue reading →

Introduction: in John 3:1-7, we meet Nicodemus a Pharisee who was eager to meet Jesus to clarify his doubts of faith and to know the truth. So, pay attention to the dialogue and the attitudes that can identified between them. Continue reading →

Introduction: in this text of John 1:46-50, Nathanael comes to the scene. Philip found him after meeting and talking to Jesus, he was already living his vocation as an apostle “the messenger”, preaching and talking about Jesus to his friend Continue reading →

Introduction: in this text of John 1:43-45, we shall concentrate our attention to the person of Philip called by Jesus to become his forth apostle. Little is known of him in the synoptic gospels (Mathew, Mark, and Luke) but here Continue reading →

Introduction:  The previous text John 1:35-39, did not reveal the names of the two disciples who left John and went after Jesus, it was until vv40-42 that the Evangelist introduces us the two disciples one named Andrew and the Continue reading →

Introduction:  St John in his Gospel uses significant verbs to make the text more dynamic and real, encouraging the reader to enter into the text imagining it as if it were sequences scenes from a film. The chronological account Continue reading →