At this point in John’s Gospel, the evangelists at pains to found his identity in the mission and words given him by his Father. His mission and his works are intimately tied up with what he has been given by his Father And that has an echo in the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles where the early community is driven to spread the word and build the community and everything is driven by the power of God’s goodness and grace.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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