Jesus says he is the way to God
Bible Accent: The Bible is God’s word
Saint for Today: St. John Baptist Rossi
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Jesus says he is the way to God
While Jesus was having dinner with his apostles, he said to them, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? … Where (I) am going you know the way.”
Thomas, who was always one to ask questions, said, “Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?”
Jesus replied, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
Then Philip spoke. “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
Shaking his head as he spoke Jesus answered, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip?” Then Jesus addressed all of his friends. “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’ Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?”
Jesus explained that he speaks the words his Father gives him, and that the Father works through him. Then he said, “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.”
Jesus told his apostles that, after he left them to be with his Father, he would send a helper to them. “The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name — he will teach you everything and remind you of all that (I) told you.”
Then Jesus offered a blessing to his friends and apostles, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.”
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John 14
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1. How did Jesus answer Thomas’ question?
2. Who did Jesus say he would send as a helper?
Bible Accent: The Bible is God’s word
In order to study the Bible or to find specific passages more easily, scholars have divided the books of the Bible into numbered chapters and verses. If your teacher wrote John 3:16 on the board, you would know that means the Gospel of John, chapter 3, verse 16. The books of the Bible also have been collected into various categories. In the Old Testament there are the books of law (also called the Pentateuch), followed by the historical books, the books of poetry and the prophets. The New Testament begins with the Gospels, one book of history, the epistles (or letters of Paul) the general epistles and the book of Revelation. We should make ourselves familiar with the books of the Bible, because the Bible is God’s word to us.
Saint for Today: St. John Baptist Rossi
John Baptist Rossi (1698-1764) became a servant in the house of a nobleman when he was 10 years old. In the three years he was with the family, he earned their respect, but he also impressed two Capuchin friars who visited the nobleman. John was invited to enter the Roman College because of his uncle’s influence and the recommendations of the friars. He excelled as a student, but his commitment to denying the pleasures and care of the body became extreme and his health became poor. He had to leave the college as a result. Although he completed his studies later on, his health never fully recovered. He was ordained at the age of 23, and devoted much of his time to caring for patients in hospitals. He also taught a course for prison officers begun by Pope Benedict XIV. We honor him on May 23.
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