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Mo NguyenSat, May 9 at 1:53 AMFIFTH SUNDAY EASTER (A) 10 MAY 2020
Jesus is ‘the Way’, the Truth, and the Life
REFLECTIONS ON THE GOSPELS (John 14: 1-12)
‘IT IS BETTER THAN I GO AWAY…’
Today’s Gospel comes from the long instruction that Jesus, according to the Fourth Gospel, gives to his disciples at the Last Supper. He reflects upon his return to the Father and what his absence will mean for the disciples.
Jesus’ ‘departure’ seems to operate on two levels. The setting of the supper on the night before he dies makes it natural to understand ‘going away’ as a reference to his imminent departure in death; his ‘coming back’, then, would refer to his appearance on the third day as risen Lord. At another level, however, Jesus addresses a more permanent ‘going away’ when, following his appearances to the disciples as risen Lord, he finally ascends to the Father (see John 20: 17). From this perspective, his ‘coming back’ would refer to his return at the end of time.
At this level the instruction Jesus gives does not bear upon the short space between Good Friday and Easter, but upon the indefinite ‘time of the Church’ that will follow.
During this time – which remains our time – the disciples will not enjoy his physical presence. But Jesus insists that it will be a better time in fact. His death on the cross will defeat the grip of sin and death upon the human race, and open up for us the gift of eternal life.
Jesus is ‘the Way’, the Truth, and the Life’ in the sense that his death supremely reveals the ‘truth’ about God (that God is love) and opens up the ‘way’ to human sharing in God’s (eternal) life.
Brendan Byrne, SJ
Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life, Song, Christian Song, Jesus is the Way, Truth, Life, Bible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu1FomJQoSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arnm3mU2JuU
Chúa Là Con Đường:
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