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 →

Introduction: the next series of the “Lectio Divina” will be on the Gospel of St John which we will help us to reflect upon the themes of Faith, Knowledge and commitment to Jesus the Son of God. The aim of Continue reading →

Introduction: The thirteenth ‘Lectio Divina’ on Mark 16:9-20. This is the final text of the series of reflections on “the Ideal discipleship” in the Gospel of Mark. This text will surprise us with the unexpected faithful disciples of Jesus who Continue reading →

Introduction: eleventh ‘Lectio Divina’ on Mark 8:34, which emphasises one of the conditions to follow Christ. After having meditated on the failure of the closed disciples to follow Jesus, we shall now look at some texts where they demonstrate the Continue reading →

Introduction: eleventh ‘Lectio Divina’ on Mark 14:10-11, 17-19 and 43-46, will deal with one of last failures by the disciples, Judas. These texts illustrates that even the closest friends of Jesus can turn his back on him, betraying or Continue reading →

Introduction: our eleventh ‘Lectio Divina’ follows the topic of the previous month, from the same Gospel of Mark 14:10-11; 43-45. This texts illustrates one of the last set of failures by the disciples in the following of Jesus, the Messiah, Continue reading →

Introduction: our ninth ‘Lectio Divina’ follows the topic of the previous month, from the same Gospel of Mark 10:46-52. This text illustrates the blindness of the disciples of Jesus and the failures to believe in Him as the Messiah, the Continue reading →