Who is Jesus and what did he believe?

Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem, and died in Jerusalem. His non-threatening approach attracted people from various walks of life. He was a man who acted on a local level with a global vision.

Jesus was an innovator for his time by what he believed and the way he lived: he treated women with the same dignity as men, he appreciated children in a society which treated them as unimportant, he spoke against divorce when this practice was widely accepted since thousand of years before, and promoted religion as a way of loving rather than as a set of rules to be followed. Beyond words, he preached these concepts mostly by living them in his daily life.

Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well, from the film - The Gospel of John

In the Catholic faith Jesus Christ is believed to be the Son of God, a term originating in the Old Testament have the connotation of ‘belonging to God’. Anglican Bishop Arthur Michael Ramsey once said that “The importance of the confession ‘Jesus is Lord’ is not only that Jesus is divine but that God is Christlike.”

Further reading:
- Jesus: A Pilgrimage, James Martin, 2016.
- Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict, 2007.
- Jesus the Christ, Thomas G. Weinandy, 2003.
- The scandal of service:Jesus washes our feet, Jean Vanier 1997.
- Life of Christ, Fulton J.Sheen, 1977.
- The gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, c.50AD.

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Your Questions, Answered

The fact that Jesus did not sin, can we say that he was fully human?

JESUS CHRIST QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

Becoming more human

"It is no longer enough to say, as in the past: “God became man so that man might become God.” It must also be added that God was made man so that man might remain human, and so that in being divinised he might still be even more human."

Fabrice Hadjadj, The Resurrection, 2016

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From the Bible

Pope John Paul 2nd meets Mehmet Ali Agca who shot him, 1983

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?
For even sinners love those who love them.
If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you?
For even sinners do the same."

Luke 6:32-33

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From the Fathers of the Church

Pencil art sketch by Kristy Nguyen. She shares her art at idrawjesus.blogspot.co.uk Our humanity was joined to and made one with God … in order that I too might be made God as truly as He is made human:

He was born – but He had been begotten eternally...
He hungered, but He fed thousands...
He was wearied, but He is the rest of those who are weary and carrying heavy burdens....

Gregory of Nazianzen, Theological Oration 3.

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FROM LIFE: Jesus, are you there?

Old Holy Picture - Girl knocking on tabernacle When I was a very young girl, someone gave me a Holy Picture of a girl, sitting on the altar, and knocking on the Tabernacle saying, "Jesus, are you there?"

This picture penetrated my heart and left a lasting impression.

Yes, Jesus is indeed there, present under the species of a tiny host in all the tabernacles in the world.

In my opinion, this is the greatest test of our faith. How can God Himself be present in the Holy Eucharist? How can God submit Himself to this humiliation and wait for us in a box to give Him homage?

However, that is how it is. "I will be with you all days," Jesus said.

Nancy Coleiro

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From the Popes

TOP POPES' QUOTES ABOUT FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST

A heart which sees

“THE PROGRAMME OF JESUS is “a heart which sees”.
This heart sees where love is needed and acts accordingly.”

Pope Benedict, Deus Caritas Est, 2005