31st October

But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20, 31

From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. John 1, 16

Jesus is the answer to all my expectations

The Gospel not only brings incomparable encouragements when everything goes well but also during periods of tests and distress.

Jesus promises them who are unsatisfied and disappointed: "But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst" (John 4, 14).

He presents himself as being bread of life to them who are hungry for truth. "Whoever follows me (said in another way: who obeys me) will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life" (John 8, 12).

He assures them who are unprotected and feel insecurity and fear that he is the good shepherd. He says that "no-one can snatch those whom he has saved and who belong to him out of his hand" (John 10, 28).