Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Easter
Acts 5:17-26  +  John 3:16-21
May 1, 2019

   But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.   

Today’s Gospel passage tells us neither of Jesus preaching nor of Jesus acting.  Instead, in this passage St. John the Evangelist offers spiritual commentary on the Christian life.  More specifically, the evangelist describes what it means for the Christian’s works to be rooted in Christ, so deeply in fact that it is Christ who acts through the Christian.  To do so, he uses the simple metaphor of light, but in two ways. Continue reading →