Thursday of Week 2 of Eastertide - John 3: 31-36

Daily Gospel Exegesis

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

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John 21: 1-14 - 'Jesus stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 504 (in 'Mary's virginal motherhood in God's plan') - Jesus is conceived by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mary's womb because he is the New Adam, who inaugurates the new creation: "The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven." From his conception, Christ's humanity is filled with the Holy Spirit, for God "gives him the Spirit without measure." From "his fullness" as the head of redeemed humanity "we have all received, grace upon grace."

- 690 (in 'The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit') - Jesus is Christ, "anointed," because the Spirit is his anointing, and everything that occurs from the Incarnation on derives from this fullness...The notion of anointing suggests . . . that there is no distance between the Son and the Spirit. Indeed, just as between the surface of the body and the anointing with oil neither reason nor sensation recognizes any intermediary, so the contact of the Son with the Spirit is immediate, so that anyone who would make contact with the Son by faith must first encounter the oil by contact. In fact there is no part that is not covered by the Holy Spirit. That is why the confession of the Son's Lordship is made in the Holy Spirit by those who receive him, the Spirit coming from all sides to those who approach the Son in faith (abbreviated).

- 1286 (in 'Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation') - He was conceived of the Holy Spirit; his whole life and his whole mission are carried out in total communion with the Holy Spirit whom the Father gives him "without measure." (abbreviated).

- 161 (in 'The Necessity of Faith') - Believing in Jesus Christ and in the One who sent him for our salvation is necessary for obtaining that salvation. "Since "without faith it is impossible to please (God) " and to attain to the fellowship of his sons, therefore without faith no one has ever attained justification, nor will anyone obtain eternal life 'But he who endures to the end.'"

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to our daily gospel exegesis, which is produced by the logical Bible study. Thank you again for tuning in. This is a Catholic
0:22.3	ministry where we look at the Bible and in particular the gospel reading from today's Mass.
0:28.7	And we're giving you the tools to help you dive into the text to help you really understand what
0:33.1	it means on the literal level. Today we're looking at John chapter 3 verses 31 to 36. This might be a
0:41.0	passage that you have never heard before. It's one that's not talked about that often.
0:46.8	John the Baptist said to his disciples, he who comes from above is above all others.
0:59.7	He who is born of the earth is earthly himself and speaks in an earthly way.
1:07.4	He who comes from heaven bears witness to the things he has seen and heard, even if his testimony is not accepted.
1:13.3	Though all who do accept his testimony are attesting the truthfulness of God,
1:21.8	since he whom God has sent speaks God's own words. God gives him the spirit without reserve. The father loves the son and has entrusted everything to him. Anyone who believes in the sun has eternal life,
1:30.3	but anyone who refuses to believe in the sun will never see life.
1:35.5	The anger of God stays on him.
1:40.6	So it's another quite complex passage from the Gospel of John where each phrase is quite
1:45.6	densely packed with theological meaning.
1:48.5	Let's talk about the context.
1:51.0	Just prior to this, John has been talking to his disciple, so John the Baptist has his own
1:55.6	group of followers, and they come and they ask him a question about Jesus because they notice
1:59.8	that Jesus has started baptizing people as well.
2:03.6	And in that passage, in John chapter 3 before where we get to today, John the Baptist
2:09.4	says, he is the bridegroom, I am the friend of the bridegroom.
2:13.4	He must increase, but I must decrease.
2:20.0	So that's what John the Baptist has said, and we've looked at that at other times in the podcast. Our reading today is the very next thing he says.
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