Fr. Mike Schmitz

And then he says, be quiet. Or when he heals someone and then Jesus says, Don't tell anyone about this. I know a lot of times, especially when we were reading through the Gospel of John, people were writing it and saying, why doesn't Jesus want people to know who he is? Why do people, why does he want to hide from this identity?

And then he says, be quiet. Or when he heals someone and then Jesus says, Don't tell anyone about this. I know a lot of times, especially when we were reading through the Gospel of John, people were writing it and saying, why doesn't Jesus want people to know who he is? Why do people, why does he want to hide from this identity?

And then he says, be quiet. Or when he heals someone and then Jesus says, Don't tell anyone about this. I know a lot of times, especially when we were reading through the Gospel of John, people were writing it and saying, why doesn't Jesus want people to know who he is? Why do people, why does he want to hide from this identity?

What's one of the answers that you oftentimes will give people when they ask, when they run into that messianic secret?

What's one of the answers that you oftentimes will give people when they ask, when they run into that messianic secret?

What's one of the answers that you oftentimes will give people when they ask, when they run into that messianic secret?

Not every day a boy gets a whitewash offense, you know, that kind of thing.

Not every day a boy gets a whitewash offense, you know, that kind of thing.

Not every day a boy gets a whitewash offense, you know, that kind of thing.

Yeah. That makes so much sense. I mean, Cardinal Newman at one point, he asked the question, how come Jesus didn't just appear to everyone after he rose from the dead? And why did he only appear to his disciples? And his answer is kind of similar to that, where he said the idea wasn't just so that people could see him.

Yeah. That makes so much sense. I mean, Cardinal Newman at one point, he asked the question, how come Jesus didn't just appear to everyone after he rose from the dead? And why did he only appear to his disciples? And his answer is kind of similar to that, where he said the idea wasn't just so that people could see him.

Yeah. That makes so much sense. I mean, Cardinal Newman at one point, he asked the question, how come Jesus didn't just appear to everyone after he rose from the dead? And why did he only appear to his disciples? And his answer is kind of similar to that, where he said the idea wasn't just so that people could see him.

The idea was that the people who knew him could see him, the people who had a relationship with him could see him because then they could go and bear witness to him as opposed to the fickle crowds, as opposed to those who had no investment whatsoever in him, who would say, Yeah, sure, I saw this man raised from the dead, but that doesn't change my life at all. He said is a lot.

The idea was that the people who knew him could see him, the people who had a relationship with him could see him because then they could go and bear witness to him as opposed to the fickle crowds, as opposed to those who had no investment whatsoever in him, who would say, Yeah, sure, I saw this man raised from the dead, but that doesn't change my life at all. He said is a lot.

The idea was that the people who knew him could see him, the people who had a relationship with him could see him because then they could go and bear witness to him as opposed to the fickle crowds, as opposed to those who had no investment whatsoever in him, who would say, Yeah, sure, I saw this man raised from the dead, but that doesn't change my life at all. He said is a lot.

I'm paraphrasing, obviously, but that sense of it's here's this relationship and out of this relationship comes a witness bearing witness to his identity, not just himself and not just his miracles and obviously not the demons, but

I'm paraphrasing, obviously, but that sense of it's here's this relationship and out of this relationship comes a witness bearing witness to his identity, not just himself and not just his miracles and obviously not the demons, but

I'm paraphrasing, obviously, but that sense of it's here's this relationship and out of this relationship comes a witness bearing witness to his identity, not just himself and not just his miracles and obviously not the demons, but

but these apostles who are sent out who are no longer servants, but are friends who then get sent out into the world to not just bear witness to his miracles, not just bear witness to his resurrection, but bear witness to the one they know, the one they're in relationship with. And yeah, that makes sense.

but these apostles who are sent out who are no longer servants, but are friends who then get sent out into the world to not just bear witness to his miracles, not just bear witness to his resurrection, but bear witness to the one they know, the one they're in relationship with. And yeah, that makes sense.