In our commentary on John, 19.
To concentrate a little bit
now especially,
the day after the feast
of the Blessed Sacrament.
On the beginning of chapter 13 of Saint John
that I am reading to you.
“Before the feast of the Passover,
Jesus knowing that his time had come
to pass from this world to the Father
who loved his own
who were in the world,
loved them until the end.
This is what is very important
this introduction.
He loved us until the end.
We could translate “to the extreme”
And there is manifested in a very sober way
this love
until the extreme
by which he will deliver himself
up to food for us,
food and drink
in the Eucharist
And it is, in fact,
even if John himself
does not speak about it at that time.
During this meal,
he is going to institute the Eucharist.
The sacrament of the Eucharist
So this love until the end
by which he surrenders himself
in the Eucaristie.
And it is also
during this moment that John,
the beloved disciple,
will rest on the heart of Jesus
and in a way.
By perceiving the beating of this heart,
probing the mystery,
unspeakable,
of the heart of Jesus,
of the heart of the word
which was made flesh.
In fact, it is there
that Jean will make a discovery
that will upset him.
Maybe until then
John was with the other disciples
fascinated by the power of Jesus,
the miracles he did, especially
the resurrection of Lazarus
which is a huge miracle.
There is only John who speaks of it,
so he was there, he witnessed it.
He may have been fascinated
by the teachings of Jesus.
But there he made
a new discovery.
By being very close to Jesus
and having perceived
that Jesus at one point
is upset. This we read.
In verse 21 of chapter 13.
Jesus was troubled in his spirit
and testified to the truth.
Truly I tell you,
one of you will deliver me.
And so John, who was very close to
the heart of Jesus, had to.
perceive this confusion,
this upheaval
to the depths
of Jesus’ bowels,
and then he understood that the one whom
he admired until now
and whom he glimpsed
can be a little confused,
like the son of God,
like the Messiah of Israel,
like the King of Israel,
is at the same time
vulnerable, like the lamb
that will be slain in a few hours.
It is perhaps this discovery
that he made there at that time,
and which allowed him to stay up
to the foot of the cross,
so as not to leave Jesus.
He is the first comforter.
We know that in
Paray-le-Monial’s message .
Marguerite-Marie receives
the mission to console
the heart of Jesus in the face
of all ingratitudes.
Well, we have in this
episode of chapter 13
the 2 poles if you will,
the height of ingratitude,
and the first consolation,
the height of ingratitude,
obviously, is the betrayal of Judas.
But John who remains near Jesus
until the next day
still near the cross,
and he who remains,
who is the friend, who consoles.
There you have it, we have made a very small foray
into chapter 13 to clearly perceive
the importance of what John
discovers the day before
his presence at Golgotha
where he will see the piercing.
Source: Fr. Kars, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=KoNWIjVmUiE&feature=emb_logo