Category Archives: CNS Bible Blog

By Father Scott M. Lewis, SJ Special to Catholic News Service After the supper (described in the Gospel of John, chapters 13-17), Jesus gives a long farewell discourse reminiscent of the sort of teachings that great philosophers and religious figures … Continue reading →

By Father Scott M. Lewis, SJ Special to Catholic News Service We have all seen the Holy Thursday scene so many times: a few embarrassed-looking parishioners in front of the congregation with their shoes off and an alb-clad priest trying … Continue reading →

By Father Scott M. Lewis, SJ Special to Catholic News Service The miracle at Cana is of a rather strange variety. No healing or exorcism is involved, no one is raised from the dead and no sins are forgiven. It … Continue reading →

By Father Scott M. Lewis, SJ Special to Catholic News Service The story of Nicodemus in the Gospel of John, Chapter 3 is the key to understanding much of the fourth Gospel. It describes in symbolic form the human condition … Continue reading →

By Father Scott M. Lewis, SJ Special to Catholic News Service The prologue to the Gospel of John — Chapter 1, verses 1-18 — consists of a poetic hymn of great beauty and symbolic power. In centuries past the words … Continue reading →

By Father Scott M. Lewis, SJ Special to Catholic News Service There are striking differences between John’s Gospel and the three “synoptic” Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). The presentation of Jesus is the most prominent of these differences. Mark portrays … Continue reading →

By Father Scott M. Lewis, SJ Special to Catholic News Service The Gospel of John holds a special and rather exalted place in Christian tradition. Our theology and spirituality draw heavily on its lapidary but enigmatic verses. We immediately recognize … Continue reading →