27 December 2025 - Feast of Saint John
Homily
Saint John invites us to joy in his first letter, the beginning of which we read as the first reading.
If we wanted to do some advanced exegesis, we could ask ourselves whether the author of this letter, or of the Apocalypse, or even of the Gospel of John, is really the apostle John, the beloved disciple who rested on Jesus' breast at the Last Supper and who faithfully stood with Mary at the foot of the cross. In reality, this does not matter, because what all these writings transmit to us is the faith of the Churches of Asia evangelized by the apostle John. Whether the texts in their final form were written by him or by his disciples is of little importance. They convey his message.