1 John 1:1-4 / John 20:2-8
To write a biography about someone’s life would require that the writer know that person personally.
The writer would also understand that person well enough and also had a deep relationship with that person.
St. John was called by Jesus, together with his brother St. James, to be his apostles.
Being one of the early disciples and staying close to Jesus all time, he would have known Jesus well enough and understands Jesus too.
With all that knowledge about Jesus and with that relationship, St. John wrote the gospel and also the letters that were accredited to him.
While the rest of the apostles were martyred, St. John lived through persecutions and exiles to tell the story about Jesus.
St. John in his gospel account, tells us that Jesus is the Word of God, that He is God from the beginning.
The message in the gospel and the letters is that God is love, and that Jesus is image of God’s love and that He came to the world to save sinners.
St. John wants to share that message with us and also calling us to share his relationship with Jesus.
Let us ponder about St. John’s message of love and may we enter into a relationship with Jesus.
Like St. John, we are also called to follow Jesus as His disciples and to tell the story of God’s saving love for the world.