Against Abba's Heart: Meditations on the Gospel of John Chapters 1-4

The Gospel of John is in a special way the Gospel of love and intimacy. It is the Gospel of "e;belovedness,"e; in which we are granted a particularly vivid insight into the immense love that God the Father has for his beloved Son, and (without any diminution!) for each one of us. The Son himself tells us at the Last Supper: "e;As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you"e; (Jn 15:9), which, if...