This is Scottish artist William Dyce’s depiction of the Apostle John leading Mary away from the Crucifixion after Jesus had assigned him to care for her. Dyce lived from 1806-64. (Courtesy Photo) When ...

The Gospel of John is the most cultured of the Gospels, yet its author is often indicated as one of Jesus' apostles, a simple and humble man, a fisherman. The philologist Giulio Busi in his Giovanni.

Find today’s readings here. One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus’ side. There’s an incredibly tender—even intimate—moment in today’s Gospel. I must have read it ...

Having authored the “Saints and Art” series for more than a year, I would be remiss if I omitted my own patron, St. John the Evangelist. Traditionally regarded as the author of the Fourth Gospel, of ...

St. John the Evangelist was one of the 12 Apostles. His feast day is Dec. 27. He was a fisherman, along with his brother James, also an Apostle. Our Lord named John and James the “Sons of Thunder,” ...

The scene of the “last supper” is one of the best known of the Bible, depicting how Jesus Christ shares an evening meal with his 12 disciples. During the meal, Christ predicts that one among them — it ...

Today’s commemoration may cover more than one person: John, the young Apostle called with his brother James on the shores of the sea of Galilee; John, the author of the fourth Gospel and identified ...

The Apostle and Evangelist St. John, called the Theologian, was the son of Salome and Zebedee. Zebedee was a fisherman of Galilee who possessed rather vast holdings with workers. He was a member of ...

Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he breathed on them and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not ...