The words of Jesus in 23b-28, which are somewhat parallel to those in 20-23a, also promise two privileges that the disciples will enjoy after the “little while”: the privilege of being so intimate with God that their requests will be granted (23b-24, 26), and, once again, the privilege of understanding Jesus as the revelation of […]

Pius Parsch “The Church’s Year of Grace” Why Christ appeared on earth is precisely what the Church tells us on the Sundays after Epiphany (1:307). All His miracles, indeed His whole life, should serve as a reflection of His activity in the Church; for the end and purpose of all His work on earth was […]