Making the experience of Jesus and setting out in movement
The first vocations. Jn. 1:35-42 Today's gospel is made up of actions for moving and looking, 2 actions that profoundly change people's lives. Let us look a bit at the verbs that describe the actions: Jesus passed by, John fixed his gaze on him, gave the testimony and the disciples followed Jesus. A movement causes a look, the gaze provokes the witness, the testimony provokes other movement. Jesus turned, looked at the disciples and asked: “what were you looking for?”, then he said: “ come and see” and they followed him. Once again a movement provokes a look, the look provokes a question, the question, another movement and another look. Andrew meets Simon (movement and look), gives testimony and together they go to look for Jesus. Once again a movement causes a look, the gaze provokes the testimony, the testimony provokes another movement. Jesus fixed his gaze on him and said: “You are Simon, you will be called Peter”. The movement of the disciples has cause...