But to all who received him …
Rome, november 25, 1998 Commentary of the Word of Life: But to all who received him, he gave power to become children of God (Jn 1:12). This is the amazing new thing that Jesus proclaimed and gave to humanity: to be children of God, becoming God’s children through grace.But how, and who is given this grace? It goes to 'to all who received him' and to those who would receive him in the following centuries. We must receive Jesus in faith and in love, believing in him as our Saviour.But let’s try to understand more deeply what it means to be children of God.All we need do is look at Jesus, the Son of God, and at his relationship with the Father. Jesus prayed to his Father as he did in the ‘Our Father’. For him the Father was ‘Abba’, which means Dad, Daddy, the one he turned to in tones of infinite trust and boundless love. But since he had come on earth for us, it was not enough for
