The gospel of John reached its final form around AD 90–110, and it is the fourth of the four gospels.
The purpose of this gospel, as stated by John himself, is to show that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ, the Son of God, and that believers in Him might have eternal life.
St. John is often identified as the disciple that Jesus loved, and in the gospel of today, he went into the empty tomb, he saw and he believed.
It was then that he believed that Jesus has risen from the dead, and that Jesus is truly Lord and God.
The gospel of John was written so that we too might come to believe in the Risen Christ and be saved.
In another part of the gospel of John, Jesus was quoted as saying that blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.
Hence we walk in faith and not so much by sight, and it is by faith that we believe that Jesus is the Risen Lord and our divine Saviour.
And it is also by faith that we live our lives in Christ and to see everything with the eyes of faith.
May our lives be a reflection of the Risen Christ, and may others come to believe in Jesus by the way we live our lives.