The One Who Saw and Believed | Feast of Saint John | Catholic Daily Readings | December 27, 2025

Join us for today's Catholic Mass Readings, featuring the daily Mass readings from the Holy Bible and a Catholic reflection. Find peace and enhance your faith with daily Scripture. Experience the presence of Jesus Christ in the Gospel and find peace in a special rendition of the Psalm created for today's liturgy from the USCCB.Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist | December 27, 2025Two days ago we celebrated a baby in a manger. Yesterday we watched Stephen die under stones. Today we stand at an empty tomb with a man who outran Peter but waited at the entrance, then stepped inside and saw and believed.John does not tell us what he believed in that moment. He simply says he saw and believed. The burial cloths were there. The cloth that covered the head was rolled up in a separate place. And something about that arrangement convinced him before anyone else that Jesus was risen.This is the disciple Jesus loved. That is how John refers to himself. Not by name. Not by title. Just the one Jesus loved. As if that identity mattered more than anything else.Decades later, as an old man, John wrote: What we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of life. Heard. Seen. Looked upon. Touched. This is not philosophy. He put his hands on the risen Christ. He leaned against his chest at supper. He stood at the cross when everyone else fled.We are writing so that our joy may be complete. John did not write to prove a point. He wrote to share joy. The joy of someone who touched the Word of life and could not stop talking about it.📖 Readings1 John 1:1-4Psalm 97John 20:1a and 2-8⏱️ Timeline00:00 Introduction00:15 Reading I - 1 John 1:1-400:54 Psalm Response - Psalm 9703:55 Gospel - John 20:1a,2-804:53 Reflection - The One Who Saw and Believed🎧 Prefer to listen on the go? The Christus Dominus Daily Bread podcast is now available: Video Podcast: Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/7H4YZ5ZIq4rVVF3670Av3t YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPJP7WEcCSTIO2N4N_AoIsxmzIYRYiSt Audio Podcast: Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christus-dominus-daily-bread/id1826298886#CatholicDailyReadings #CatholicMass #SaintJohn #BelovedDisciple #FeastOfStJohn #CatholicReflection