Joseph Ratzinger

"Hallowed Be Thy Name"

To remember and revere the name of God requires us to cherish and be grateful for God’s saving action. God makes himself known to us through what he does for us. The presence and action of God is complete in Jesus Christ.

Mary Magdalene, Doubting Thomas, and What It Means to "See the Lord"

Mary Magdalene, Doubting Thomas, and What It Means to "See the Lord"

At the end of John’s Gospel, the tensive relationship between shock and transformation is operative, beginning especially with Jesus’ appearance to Mary Magdalene.