#DailyHomily St. John: The One whom Jesus Loved
Homily for December 27, 2017 “Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved.” John 20:1-2. Yesterday, we celebrated the heavenly birthday of a man whose very life teaches us what it means to love as Jesus loved. Today, we are celebrating another man who was so close to Jesus that even the Gospels acknowledged that Jesus loved him more than the other disciples. Dear friends, the very life of St. John the Apostle contains one message: that Jesus Christ actually took our human flesh; that he was really born like one of us. That a man like St. John existed who was considered to be the beloved of Jesus shows us that the birth of Jesus is not just a figment of imagination; Jesus lived a real human life – he ate human food – he had human feelings – he had friends – he loved people. Unless w...