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John 14
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Commentary on The Gospel According to St. John, Chapter 14:
Chapter 14 begins a lengthy teaching Jesus gives to the disciples that lasts four chapters. Themes are set up in this chapter which will be repeated. Jesus has already stated that His departure is coming, and now He explains He is going to the Father. The disciples should follow Him, for He is the way, truth, and life which leads to the Father. Although Jesus is leaving, He will not abandon the disciples. They will do great works of glory in Jesus’ name, and the Spirit will be a new Counselor bringing truth to the disciples once Jesus has gone.
The Gospel According to St. John, Chapter 14:
Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life
1 “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; hence forth you know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.
12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; 14 if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you.
18 “I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
25 “These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you. 26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me; 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
*Daily Lectio Divina Question:
Lord, why is it often hard to believe and joyfully rest in the idea that you are planning for and preparing a place for me?
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Juan 14
1 »No se turbe vuestro corazón. Creéis
en Dios, creed también en mí. 2 En la
casa de mi Padre hay muchas moradas. De
lo contrario, ¿os hubiera dicho que voy a
prepararos un lugar? 3 Cuando me haya
marchado y os haya preparado un lugar, de
nuevo vendré y os llevaré junto a mí, para
que, donde yo estoy, estéis también vosotros.
4 Y adonde yo voy, ya sabéis el camino.
5 Tomás le dijo:
–Señor, no sabemos adónde vas,
¿cómo podremos saber el camino?
6 –Yo soy el Camino, la Verdad y la
Vida –le respondió Jesús–; nadie va al
Padre si no es a través de mí. 7 Si me habéis
conocido a mí, conoceréis también
a mi Padre; desde ahora le conocéis y le
habéis visto.
8 Felipe le dijo:
–Señor, muéstranos al Padre y nos
basta.
9 –Felipe –le contestó Jesús–, ¿tanto
tiempo como llevo con vosotros y
no me has conocido? El que me ha visto
a mí ha visto al Padre; ¿cómo dices
tú: «Muéstranos al Padre»? 10 ¿No crees
que yo estoy en el Padre y el Padre en
mí? Las palabras que yo os digo no las
hablo por mí mismo. El Padre, que
está en mí, realiza sus obras. 11 Creedme:
yo estoy en el Padre y el Padre en
mí; y si no, creed por las obras mismas.
12 En verdad, en verdad os digo:
el que cree en mí, también él hará las
obras que yo hago, y las hará mayores
que éstas porque yo voy al Padre. 13 Y
lo que pidáis en mi nombre eso haré,
para que el Padre sea glorificado en el
Hijo. 14 Si me pedís algo en mi nombre,
yo lo haré.
15 »Si me amáis, guardaréis mis mandamientos;
16 y yo rogaré al Padre y os
dará otro Paráclito para que esté con vosotros
siempre: 17 el Espíritu de la verdad, al que
el mundo no puede recibir porque no le ve ni
le conoce; vosotros le conocéis porque permanece
a vuestro lado y está en vosotros. 1
8 No os dejaré huérfanos, yo volveré
a vosotros. 19 Todavía un poco más y el
mundo ya no me verá, pero vosotros me
veréis porque yo vivo y también vosotros
viviréis. 20 Ese día conoceréis que yo
estoy en el Padre, y vosotros en mí y yo
en vosotros. 21 El que acepta mis mandamientos
y los guarda, ése es el que me
ama. Y el que me ama será amado por
mi Padre, y yo le amaré y yo mismo me
manifestaré a él.
22 Judas, no el Iscariote, le dijo:
–Señor, ¿y qué ha pasado para que
tú te vayas a manifestar a nosotros y no
al mundo?
23 Jesús le respondió:
–Si alguno me ama, guardará mi palabra,
y mi Padre le amará, y vendremos
a él y haremos morada en él. 24 El que no
me ama, no guarda mis palabras; y la
palabra que escucháis no es mía sino del
Padre que me ha enviado. 25 Os he hablado
de todo esto estando con vosotros;
26 pero el Paráclito, el Espíritu Santo que
el Padre enviará en mi nombre, Él os enseñará
todo y os recordará todas las cosas
que os he dicho.
27 »La paz os dejo, mi paz os doy;
no os la doy como la da el mundo. No
se turbe vuestro corazón ni se acobarde.
28 Habéis escuchado que os he dicho:
«Me voy y vuelvo a vosotros». Si
me amarais os alegraríais de que vaya
al Padre, porque el Padre es mayor
que yo. 29 Os lo he dicho ahora antes de
que suceda, para que cuando ocurra
creáis. 30 Ya no hablaré mucho con vosotros,
porque viene el príncipe del mundo;
contra mí no puede nada, 31 pero el
mundo debe conocer que amo al Padre
y que obro tal y como me ordenó.
»¡Levantaos, vámonos de aquí!
Pregunta de Lectio Divina del día de hoy
Señor, porqué seguido es difícil creer y descansar gozosamente en la idea de que Tú estás planeando y estás preparando un lugar para mí
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