THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN 1,1-6 He who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, upon whom we have gazed, and whom our hands have certainly touched: He is the Word of Life. And that Life has been made manifest. And we have seen, and we testify, and we announce to you: the Eternal Life, who was with the Father, and who appeared to us. He whom we have seen and heard, we announce to you, so that you, too, may have fellowship with us, and so that our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And this we write to you, so that you may rejoice, and so that your joy may be full. And this is the announcement which we have heard from him, and which we announce to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness. If we claim that we have fellowship with him, and yet we walk in darkness, then we are lying and not telling the truth.
St. FAUSTI - Surprisingly we discover that the One who loved to be called Son of Man and proclaimed Himself Son of God, is the Word that has always been with the Father and is God. It, witnessed by wises and prophets and never known, became Flesh in Jesus, to reveal and give us His own Glory of Only Son of the Father, so that, in Him, we can discover that we are sons of God. The prologue is like the beginning of a symphony, in which the motifs are preluded. In the history of theology it is like a mine of precious stones, from which the most important reflections on the Trinity and on the incarnation have been drawn. It is a hymn to the Word, Light and Life of everything, where what is said opens to the harmonies of the unspeakable. The word supposes one who speaks, expresses and gives himself, and another who listens him, imprints and welcomes within himself. The word implies two persons who enter into a relationship, in dialogue. It is born of the love of the speaker, corresponded by the listener: it is generated by love and generates love. This is why God who is Love is also Word. The Word is addressed not only to the Father, but also to the world: as it is Love and Life within God, it is also a source of Love and Life for every creature. Jesus, the Word become flesh, disposes of Life in the same way as the Father. It is in fact the full gift of the Father to the Son, who for this reason will say: "I am life" (14: 6) and "I came that they may have life and have it to the full" (10:10).
THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN 1,1-6
RispondiEliminaHe who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, upon whom we have gazed, and whom our hands have certainly touched: He is the Word of Life.
And that Life has been made manifest. And we have seen, and we testify, and we announce to you: the Eternal Life, who was with the Father, and who appeared to us.
He whom we have seen and heard, we announce to you, so that you, too, may have fellowship with us, and so that our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
And this we write to you, so that you may rejoice, and so that your joy may be full.
And this is the announcement which we have heard from him, and which we announce to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.
If we claim that we have fellowship with him, and yet we walk in darkness, then we are lying and not telling the truth.
St. FAUSTI - Surprisingly we discover that the One who loved to be called Son of Man and proclaimed Himself Son of God, is the Word that has always been with the Father and is God. It, witnessed by wises and prophets and never known, became Flesh in Jesus, to reveal and give us His own Glory of Only Son of the Father, so that, in Him, we can discover that we are sons of God.
RispondiEliminaThe prologue is like the beginning of a symphony, in which the motifs are preluded.
In the history of theology it is like a mine of precious stones, from which the most important reflections on the Trinity and on the incarnation have been drawn.
It is a hymn to the Word, Light and Life of everything, where what is said opens to the harmonies of the unspeakable.
The word supposes one who speaks, expresses and gives himself, and another who listens him, imprints and welcomes within himself.
The word implies two persons who enter into a relationship, in dialogue.
It is born of the love of the speaker, corresponded by the listener: it is generated by love and generates love.
This is why God who is Love is also Word.
The Word is addressed not only to the Father, but also to the world: as it is Love and Life within God, it is also a source of Love and Life for every creature.
Jesus, the Word become flesh, disposes of Life in the same way as the Father.
It is in fact the full gift of the Father to the Son, who for this reason will say: "I am life" (14: 6) and "I came that they may have life and have it to the full" (10:10).