About this episode
The episode explores John the Baptist's question to Jesus about His identity and the nature of faith amidst suffering and silence.
John is in prison. Christ is healing the blind, the deaf, even the dead. But when John sends to ask, “Are you the one who is to come?” — Jesus does not answer. He says only: “Tell him what you see. Blessed is he who is not offended in me.” This is not doubt. It is Gethsemane. We are meant to see in John not only the forerunner of Christ’s ministry, but the forerunner in His suffering. He walks every step before the Lord — even into death, even into hell. His question is not confusion, but consummation. He is living the answer with his life. So we ask again: do we know what we already know? Can we trust Him, even when the heavens are silent? Even when the cup is not taken away?
People in this episode
Host: Fr. Patrick Cardine
Topics covered
- faith
- doubt
- suffering
- trust
- spirituality
Keywords
- John the Baptist
- Jesus
- faith
- suffering
- trust
- silence
- spirituality
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