Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Way to the Father

Reflection on the Gospel of the Fifth Sunday of Easter   John 14: 1-12 A couple of years ago, my doorbell rang one Saturday evening. My dad answered the door and found two women with a kid at our door. They said they were visiting families and they were from a Bible group in Goregaon. […]

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus the Way to the Father

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday In The Fourth Week Of Easter   John 14: 1-6 In the Gospel today, we begin the ‘Farewell Discourse’ (Jn 14-17).The announcement of Jesus’ imminent departure upsets his disciples and so he reassures them that he is going to his heavenly home to prepare a place for them […]

Jesus the Way to the Father

John 14:1-6   “I am the Way, The Truth and the Life”. What an astounding statement from our Lord! In the background of preparing his apostles for his imminent departure, Jesus like a loving friend and brother is trying to calm their troubled nerves. The apostles are clueless and numb with Jesus’ repeated predictions of his death. But […]