The Diaconate and Marriage. By Deacon James Keating. Reviewed by Deacon Dominic Cerrato (skip to review) Sacred Music: A Preface to Christian Art and Music. By Charles Scribner III. Reviewed by Fr. John J. Conley, S.J. (skip to … [Read more...]
“That He Might Be Made Known”
John the Herald According to the Gospel of John and Matthias Grünewald
Years ago, inspired by artist Matthias Grünewald’s Crucifixion piece and Benedict XVI’s insights, I wrote an article discussing the significance of the priesthood of John the Baptist and its exemplarity for priests and bishops, particularly … [Read more...]
Faith in the Gospel of John as the Content of Truth
Πίστ- Root Words and Theological Exegesis
March 28, 2025 by David Francis Sherwood
Note: This article originated as a paper in the doctoral seminar on the Gospel of John taught by Dr. Daniel Lendman at Ave Maria University in Florida. The theme of faith in the Gospel of John is deceptive. It is more important than the … [Read more...]
The Liturgical Reform and the Jews
Revisiting the Memorandum of the American Jewish Committee
March 28, 2025 by Dr. Joseph Shaw
In 1961, the American Jewish Committee composed a document entitled “Anti-Jewish Elements in Catholic Liturgy: A Memorandum to the Secretariat for Christian Unity” (hereafter “the Memorandum”);[1. The American Jewish Committee, “Anti-Jewish … [Read more...]
The Exaltation of the Cross and the Restoration of Identity
May 24, 2024 by Fr. Richard Veras
The bronze serpent mounted on a pole in the Book of Numbers (21:9) is one of the Old Testament types cited by Jesus himself: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.” (Jn 3:14) The original … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – July 2023
June 23, 2023 by Book Reviews
In the School of the Word: Biblical Interpretation from the New to the Old Testament. By Carlos Granados and Luis Sánchez-Navarro. Reviewed by Sr. Mary Micaela Hoffmann, RSM. (skip to review) Jesus Becoming Jesus (Volume 3): A T … [Read more...]
Becoming Members of the Suffering Servant
“For This Shall Every Good Man Pray”
September 24, 2021 by Mark Drogin
The final Gospel ends with Jesus teaching us to fish for human souls. The three synoptic Gospels report Jesus saying, “I will make you fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17; Luke 5:10); the conclusion of the final Gospel describes Jesus i … [Read more...]
The Son as Sacrament
The Eucharistic Poetry of John the Evangelist
August 30, 2021 by Mark C. McCann
The longer I have lived on this earth, the more I have fallen in love with the Eucharist and the sweet song of love it sings to me. As I drink in the Living Water of God’s word each day, I am swept away by the overwhelming flood of grace t … [Read more...]
Lord, Liar, or Lunatic?
Aquinas on the Divinity of the Johannine Christ
September 22, 2020 by Daniel M. Garland, Jr.
In his Antiquities of the Jews, Josephus, the noted Jewish historian of the first century, described Jesus of Nazareth as a “wise man [sophos anēr] . . . a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure.”[1. “sophos anēr . . . didask … [Read more...]
A God with Skin
Recapturing the Incarnational Nature of the Sacraments
January 1, 2019 by Mark C. McCann
And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. (Jn 1:14) Since her beginning, the Catholic Church has been an incarnational institution, a B … [Read more...]
My Jesus, Where Do You Live?
John 1:38 and the Trinitarian Intimacy of Christian Discipleship
October 29, 2018 by Fr. Brice Higginbotham
Introduction In John 1:38, Andrew and another disciple pose the following question to Jesus: “Rabbi, where do you live [Gk. méno]?” What do they mean? Certainly, on one level, they want to indicate their desire to come under the tutelage of … [Read more...]
The “Hour” According to Saint John
March 15, 2018 by George Klueber
This article consists of a study of the development of the theme of Our Lord's hour, as used in the Fourth Gospel by the evangelist; its use is inclusive of His Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, considered as a unit, a single … [Read more...]
On the Third Day of the New Creation, God Established the Chair of Peter
June 28, 2017 by Matthew Tsakanikas, STD
It was not on accident that John chose to start his Gospel with the words “In the beginning…” A picture paints a thousand words, but in John’s case: three words painted with the power of a thousand reinforcing images. In three words, all the … [Read more...]
Reflections on the Glorification of Jesus in the Gospel of John
August 9, 2015 by Melissa Eitenmiller
One of the leitmotifs of the Gospel of John is the theme of glory: how the Son receives glory from the Father, and through this reception, the Son is manifested to us. In fact, the very purpose of the Gospel stated in John 2 … [Read more...]
Gospel of John
October 6, 2013 by Edmund Miller
... what if God, who also wills to perfect his own mercy, made death itself a means by which we reach him? What if something crushed, something broken, became at the same time a path to life? The multiplication of loaves and fishes. … [Read more...]
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