This document provides biographical information about Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist. It describes how he was called by Jesus along with his brother James and others to become disciples. It details John's close relationship with Jesus and his presence at key moments in Jesus' life and ministry. It discusses John's role as a leader in the early Church in Jerusalem and his authorship of the Gospel of John and letters of John in the New Testament. The document also describes John spending time in Ephesus, being exiled to the Island of Patmos where he wrote Revelation, and eventually dying in Ephesus where a church was built over his tomb.

1. SAINT JOHN, APOSTLE and EVANGELIST

2. His name, typically Hebrew, means "the Lord has given his grace."
He was fixing the nets on the shores of Lake Tiberias, when Jesus
called him together with his brother (Cf. Matthew 4, 21; Mark 1, 19).

3. James and John
were probably
disciples of John
the Baptist, and
were called by
Christ from John's
circle of followers,
along with Peter
and Andrew,
to become
His disciples
(John 1:35-42).

4. John part was part of the restricted group that Jesus took with him on
certain occasions. - He is with Peter and James when Jesus, in Capernaum,
enters Peter's house to heal his mother-in-law (Cf. Mark 1, 29);

5. He followed the Master into the house of the head of the synagogue,
Jairus, whose daughter Jesus called back to life (Cf. Mark 5, 37);

6. John followed Jesus when he ascended the mountain to be transfigured (Cf. Mark 9, 2);

7. John's older brother was James the Great, another of the
Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Jesus referred to the brothers as
"Boanerges", which means "sons of thunder".

8. Jesus called James and John
"sons of thunder" (Mark 3:17).
James and John possessed
some truly thunder-like qualities.
Jesus and his disciples were
traveling through Samaria on the
way to Jerusalem and tried to find
lodgings to spend the night in a
town, but they were met with
opposition from the villagers,
simply because His destination
was Jerusalem—as a result of
Jewish-Samaritan prejudice.
“When the disciples James and
John saw this, they asked him,
'Lord, do you want us to call fire
from heaven to destroy them?'”
(Luke 9:54). Jesus rebuked the
brothers and they all left
for another village

9. The Mother
of the Zebedees
approached
Jesus to ask that
her two sons,
John and James,
might sit one on
his right and the
other on his left
in His Kingdom
(Cf. Matthew 20, 20-21).

10. John was by Christ’s side on the Mount of Olives when in
front of the imposing Temple of Jerusalem he delivered the
speech on the end of the city and the world (Cf. Mark 13:3);

11. Shortly before Easter, when Jesus chose two
disciples to prepare the room for the Supper, he
entrusted this task to John and Peter (Cf. Luke 22,8).

12. According to tradition, John is "the favorite disciple",
who in the fourth Gospel placed his head on the
Master's chest during the Last Supper (cf. John 13:21),

14. John is close to
Christ when in
the Garden of
Gethsemane he
withdrew to
pray to the
Father, before
His Passion
(Cf. Mark 14, 33).
.

15. John was also that "other disciple" who with
Peter followed Christ after the arrest to the
high priest's palace (John 18:15).

16. He is found
at the foot
of the Cross
next to the
Mother of
Jesus
(Cf. John 19, 25).

17. John with Peter
was the first of
the disciples to
rush to the
grave and was
the first to
believe that
Christ had
truly risen
(John 20:2-10).

18. He witnesses both the empty tomb and the
very presence of the Risen One (John 20, 2; 21, 7)

19. We find the "sons of Zebedee" fishing with Peter and others
in a night without results, but after the intervention of the
Risen Lord, there came the miraculous catch:

20. «the disciple
whom Jesus
loved» was the
first to recognize
the «Lord» in
His appearance
on the shore of
lake Galilee and
to point Him
out to Peter
(Cf. John 21, 1-13).

21. Luke, in the
Acts of the
Apostles,
presents him
with Peter
while they
go to pray in
the Temple
(Acts 3, 1-4.11)

22. We see him in the company of Peter in the
healing of the lame man in the temple (Acts 3:1 -).

23. With Peter he is also thrown into prison (Acts 4:3).

24. He appeared before the Sanhedrin with Peter to
testify of his faith in Jesus Christ (Cf. Acts 4, 13.19).

25. He is next to
Peter, before
the Sanhedrin,
during the
trial and says
"We cannot
stop talking
about what
we have seen
and heard"
(Acts 4, 20).

26. Within the Church of Jerusalem, John held an important position in the
leadership of the first group of Christians. Paul, in fact, places him
among what he calls the "pillars" of that community (Cf. Galatians 2:9).

27. with the prince of the
Apostles he visited the newly
converted in Samaria
(Acts 8,14)

28. Together with Peter, he receives the invitation from the Church of
Jerusalem to confirm those who welcomed the Gospel in Samaria,
praying over them so that they receive the Holy Spirit (Acts 8, 14-15).

29. Apparently John, along with the other Apostles, remained for
about twelve years in this first field of work, until the persecution
of Herod Agrippa I caused the dispersion of the Apostles
throughout the various provinces of the Roman Empire (Hch 12, 1-17)

30. In the apocryphal "Acts of John" the apostle is not presented as a founder
of Churches, not even as a leader of a constituted community, but as a
continuous itinerant, in Asia Minor, a communicator of the faith in the
encounter with "souls capable of hoping for salvation" (Acts 18, 10; 23, 8).

31. He is driven by the paradoxical desire to make the invisible visible.
Acts 18, 10; 23,The Eastern Church calls him simply "the Theologian”

32. He took charge of the desolate Mother
as the last legacy of Christ (Jn 19, 25-27)
John and Mary sail to Ephesus

33. According to one
Church tradition, John
cared for Mary until
her Assumption.

34. Ephesus, where according to an ancient tradition,
He lived for a long time, dying at an extraordinarily

35. Later he was banished by
the Roman authorities to
the Greek island of Patmos;
where he wrote the Book of
Revelation. He had been
banished there at the
end of the first century,
during the reign of
Emperor Domitian,

36. He returned with the other disciples to
Jerusalem for the Apostolic Council (around AD 51)

37. The "beloved disciple" died in Ephesus after AD 98, where a
majestic church was erected over his tomb. Later it was
converted into a Mohammedan mosque.

38. The death and
burial of the
apostle John.

39. In Ephesus, the Emperor
Justinian, in the sixth
century, built a great
basilica in his honor.

40. John is known as
the author of the
Gospel of John
and four other
books in the
New Testament:
the three Epistles
of John and the
Book of Revelation

41. John is the patron saint of love, loyalty, friendships, and authors.
He is often depicted in art as the author of the Gospel with an eagle,
symbolizing the height to which he rose in his knowledge of Christ.

42. the book of
Revelation or
Apocalypse
deals with
the visions of
the saint of
Christian
eschatology

43. He constantly
repeated words
of exhortation
at the end
of his life:
"Little children,
love one
another.”
(Jerome, "Comm. in
ep. ad. Gal.", vi, 10)

44. According to Irenaeus, John refused to remain under the
same roof as the heretic Cerinthus (Irenaeus "Ad. haer.", III, iii, 4);

45. Clement describes
John's touching
anxiety for a
youth who had
become a thief.
(Clemens Alex.,
"Quis dives
salvetur", xiii);

46. Saints John and James

47. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 1-11-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating
weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke, evangelist
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptist
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Francis in Bahrain
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the
Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 1,2,3
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saaint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis Xaviour
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John, apsotle and evangelist
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint Joseph

48. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 1-11-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la
Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la
iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan, apostol y evangelista
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Juan Pablo II, Karol Wojtyla
San Leon Magno
San Lucas, evangelista
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro
Santos Simon y Judaa Tadeo, aposttoles
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Baréin
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Carlos Borromeo
San Columbanus 1,2
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Javier
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
Santa Cecilia
Saint Margaret,Queen of Scotland
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola