A reflection upon the Sunday Gospel reading, Jn 1:35-42.
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00:00 In the Catholic Church, we have the practice of praying certain prayers at a certain time
00:08 of the day.
00:09 A great example of this is the Angelus.
00:12 The Angelus is a prayer that reminds us of that moment when the angel sent from heaven
00:19 speaks to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and in that encounter, the Word becomes flesh in
00:26 her womb.
00:27 Our Lady says yes to this great invitation of salvation for the whole world.
00:33 And we never want to forget that miracle of grace, that breakthrough into the world, and
00:40 so we pray the Angelus every day, usually in the morning, and then at noon, and then
00:46 in the evening, so that what happened to Our Lady will keep happening to us.
00:54 We will have that breakthrough of grace, we'll have that encounter, that our life can now
00:59 be blessed with the presence of Jesus Christ, and the things that need to change in our
01:03 life will change because of that miracle so close to us that we are living the memory
01:11 of.
01:12 So this Sunday, there's something similar, as these disciples from John go to see Jesus,
01:17 and they ask Him, "Where do you stay?"
01:21 And Jesus says, "Come and see, come and see."
01:24 And as they go into the Lord's lodging, there they experience His care for them, His tenderness,
01:32 His desire to share His life with them.
01:35 He doesn't only simply want them to see where He dwells.
01:39 Jesus wants to dwell in them, and they change because of that encounter with Christ, so
01:46 much so that when they emerge, we're told in the Gospel that they remembered the time
01:51 of the day when this beautiful encounter happened.
01:55 It says it was about four o'clock in the afternoon.
01:59 Why is that detail included in the Gospel of John?
02:02 Probably because every day at four o'clock, the disciples stopped what they were doing,
02:08 and they said, "Remember, this is the moment that we met Him, and He looked at us, and
02:14 He offered us so much love.
02:16 We experienced the care of God for us in a way like we never did before.
02:21 We want to remember so that that will keep happening to us."
02:26 And this is what Alatea wants to offer to you.
02:29 Alatea is a way for the encounter with Jesus Christ to be new every day of our life.
02:35 If you haven't signed up for our daily newsletter, do that simply by sending us your email, because
02:42 the newsletter is a way that the tenderness and the grace, the salvation of God can break
02:48 into our life in a new way, reminding us how close He is, beckoning us, "Come and see,
02:54 come and see the wonders of God's love, the wonders of God's mercy that are meant for
03:00 you."
03:01 Because God not only wants to dwell with us, He wants us to be part of His dwelling within
03:08 us.
03:09 And Alatea can help in a way like never before.
03:12 "I am the Lord your God, and I will give you life.
03:13 I am the Lord your God, and I will give you life.
03:14 I am the Lord your God, and I will give you life.
03:15 I am the Lord your God, and I will give you life.
03:16 I am the Lord your God, and I will give you life.
03:17 I am the Lord your God, and I will give you life.
03:18 I am the Lord your God, and I will give you life.