Question 10.159

10.159 Which is your favourite evangelist?

Without any possible doubt, I like Saint John more than all the others. I think he entered so profoundly into the Heart of Jesus that he became a loving interpreter of his words. John discovered the radical character of the supporting pillar of Christ’s teaching, love even unto the gift of self. His Gospel continues magnificently in his Letters.

For me, John is the heart of the Christian message in which God reveals himself as a loving Father. John was at the foot of the Cross on that day when the Son died for love of us. He saw the pierced Heart of Jesus and the torrents of love pouring out on mankind. He contemplated the blood of the Lamb washing us of all stains. He listened to the very last Words of Jesus, and these words then were slowly engraved on his loving heart.

With the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalen, John experienced extreme suffering after the death of the Son of God. They prayed with “prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears” (Heb 5:7), and turned to the Father as much as men can.