We have found the Messiah.

Andrew joyfully announces to his brother. In the Gospel, we hear how Andrew and John were interested in Jesus and how they came to know him. We who gather around the altar also want to know Jesus, for through him, we know the mysteries of life. Without Christ, we do not understand what life and death are. We are still determining who we are and what our destiny is. Someone has said that knowledge of God gives birth to pride, and knowledge of man gives birth to despair. The prideful are those who claim to know the ways of God and supposedly know what to expect from God. And those who know man’s misery and what he can do fall into despair. Jesus Christ came into the world to reveal God’s love and show us man’s greatness. For man’s salvation, God consented to the death of His Son. Happy are the first disciples who came to know Christ, but we see that the knowledge of Christ is not the goal but the starting point for them. They bring to Christ, other disciples, and then whole nations. Thus, our task is also to bring religiously indifferent people to Christ and open their eyes to heaven. It is a sad fact that the Messiah has already been born and is in our midst, and many have not yet come to know Him.