4 January 2025 -- Saturday
HOMILY
This dialogue between Jesus and His disciples, as recorded by John several decades later, is very poignant in its simplicity. At first, the disciples are content to follow Jesus. Then He asks them, "What are you looking for?" Instead of answering this question, they simply ask, ‘Rabbi, where are you staying?’ Which means, ‘We are not looking for anything or anyone. What we were looking for, we have found.’ -- He said to them, ‘ Come and see . And at this point, there is a very moving line in John's account: ‘It was about four o'clock in the afternoon’.