Wednesday, November 30 : Saint John Chrysostom

“Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity” (Ps 132,1). After Andrew had remained with Jesus (Jn 1,39) and had learned what he did learn, he did not keep his treasure concealed for himself, but hastened to run quickly to his brother Simon Peter to share with him the good things that he had received. Consider what he told his brother: “We have found the Messiah (which interpreted is Christ)” (Jn 1,41). Do you perceive, in these words, the fruit of what he had learned in such a short time? It shows, at once, the authority of the Teacher who taught his disciples, and their own enthusiasm and will to learn from him since the very beginning. Indeed Andrew’s eagerness, his zeal in wanting to spread immediately such a good news, supposes a soul who was longing to see the accomplishment of the many prophecies concerning Christ. It is a mark of brotherly kindness, of loving kinship, of genuine good will: to hasten to stretch out a helping hand to one another in spiritual matters…”We have found the Messiah”, he says; not any messiah, but “the Messiah”, the one Christ they were awaiting.

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