John Baptist, St., spoke as sent from God, [1344]25; why sent to witness to Christ, [1345]26; inferior to Christ, [1346]ib.; confessed his inferiority, [1347]45; reverenced by the Jews, [1348]44; praised by Josephus, [1349]ib.;, taught from heaven, [1350]45; prepared the Jews for Christ by degrees, [1351]ib.; how "after" Christ, [1352]ib.; in externals superior to Christ, [1353]55; preferred to Christ by the Jews, [1354]ib.; why questioned by the Jews, [1355]ib.; in his confessing Christ, replied to their secret thoughts, [1356]56; and detected their treachery, [1357]ib.; his dignity compared to ours, [1358]57; boldness of, [1359]58; object of his mission inferior to Christ's, [1360]59; gave not the Spirit in his baptism, [1361]60; did not know Christ at first, but before His baptism, [1362]ib.; why used repetitions, [1363]63; how brought the Bride to Christ, [1364]ib.; called the friend of the Bridegroom because present with Christ, [1365]64; why able to preach at all hours, [1366]ib.; some disciples of, jealous of Christ, [1367]ib.; why continued to baptize all his life, [1368]100; His death facilitated Christ's ministry, [1369]ib.; witnessed to Christ's superiority, [1370]101, [1371]102; called himself Christ's "friend" to disclaim jealousy, [1372]101; his work finished as Christ's began, [1373]102; his reserve in speaking of Christ, [1374]105; his testimony was that of God, [1375]144; called a torch because his light was not his own, [1376]145; proved trustworthy by the acts of Christ, [1377]225.
John Evangelist, St., his intimacy with Christ, [1378]1; manner of his appearing, [1379]ib.; truthfulness, [1380]1, [1381]36; birth and occupation, [1382]4; unlearned, [1383]5; instance of his plain speaking, [1384]7; the beloved disciple, [1385]117; does not himself relate the cause of Christ's preference, [1386]ib.; favored by St. Peter, [1387]ib.; his humility, [1388]ib.; his care to correct mistakes, [1389]152; exactness of, [1390]156; why omits many events between the Feasts, [1391]173; Christ's love for him, enabled him to ask, [1392]263; why indulged in great familiarity by Christ, [1393]264; associated often with Peter, [1394]ib.; his forbearance and exactness in relating the betrayal, [1395]308; in relating his own conduct and Peter's at the Palace, [1396]ib.; his modesty in speaking of his standing by the Cross, [1397]318; honored by having the charge of Christ's mother, [1398]ib.; an eye-witness of the piercing of the side, [1399]319; why took no part in the burial, [1400]320; does full credit to Mary's zeal and to Peter's, [1401]320, [1402]321; the first to recognize Christ on the lake, as St. Peter to hasten to Him, [1403]329; his modesty in correcting the mistake of the disciples concerning himself, [1404]332; his reason for writing his Gospel, [1405]333; his veracity argued by his choice of subjects, his confidence in himself, his friendship with Christ and His mother, [1406]ib.
John's Gospel, St., its marvelous teaching, [1407]5; consistency of, [1408]ib.; translations of, [1409]6; perspicuity of, [1410]ib.; teaching of, why outlived other philosophy, [1411]ib.; style of, [1412]ib.; dwells most on doctrines, [1413]9; why begins with Christ's eternal subsistence, [1414]16; unlike Genesis, ascends at once to the Creator, [1415]21; heretical reading in [ch. i. 3], [1416]ib.; leads us upwards gradually, [1417]49; speaks most of the time before John's imprisonments, [1418]59; most concerned with Christ's discourses, [1419]151.
Jonas, sign of, why often given, [1420]82.
Joseph, an example of forgiveness, [1421]262.
Joseph of Arimathæa, one of the Seventy Disciples, [1422]320; buried Christ with cost and zeal, but as a mere man, [1423]ib.
Josephus, relates St. John Baptist's death, [1424]4 (note).
Judas, why reproved secretly by Christ, [1425]171; shared in the Apostles' gifts and miracles, [1426]172; but fell by covetousness, [1427]ib.; his pretended zeal for the poor, [1428]242; his obduracy to Christ's love, [1429]243; cast off to Satan by giving of the sop: his hardness, [1430]264; received a secret rebuke, [1431]265; his wickedness after sharing the salt, and the washing, [1432]257; was probably washed first of the disciples, [1433]258; his insensibility, [1434]258, [1435]260, [1436]262; his ingratitude, [1437]261.
Judgment, will be according to men's deserts, [1438]96; delayed to give time for repentance, [1439]97; will reveal men's sins to one another, [1440]121; remembrance of, a help to virtue, [1441]137; most attracts the obstinate hearer, [1442]139; the doctrine of, carefully propounded by Christ and St. John, [1443]140; its inexorable strictness, [1444]154; thought of, a check to sin, [1445]162, [1446]163; of the flood, and of Sodom, [1447]163; by appearance sinful, [1448]179; after the flesh, is judging unjustly, [1449]188; of Christ, and of the Father, is One, [1450]189; in what sense the object of Christ's coming, [1451]212; of others, to be made with mercy, [1452]220; of ourselves, a cure for inhumanity, [1453]221; only denied by these who fear it, [1454]247; of men worthless, [1455]281; the future, proved, by Christ's victory over Satan, [1456]287.
Jurymen of Antioch, often no better than the criminals, [1457]306.
Justice must be impartial to rich and poor, [1458]179.
King, splendors of a, described, [1459]41.
Kingdom of Christ, to be attained only by zeal, [1460]196; its spiritual nature, [1461]311.
Knowledge, will not save without holiness, [1462]106; real and nominal, [1463]180, [1464]181; exact, represented by sight, because the most perfect sense, [1465]274.
Knowledge of one another, of the Shepherd and His sheep, [1466]217; of the Father and the Son, [1467]134.
Labor, imposed after the fall for discipline, [1468]126, [1469]127; makes virtue meritorious, [1470]128.
Lamb of God, why said of Christ, [1471]59; name of, implied the doctrine of communion with Christ, [1472]165 (note).
Law, the, of nature, was of God's grace, [1473]49; not greater than the sabbath or Circumcision, [1474]179.
Law of Moses, the, a gift of Grace, [1475]49; Christ's respect for, shown in cleaning the Temple, [1476]81; the root and groundwork of the Gospel, [1477]116; imposed for restraint of unruly passions, [1478]127.
Law suits, full of frauds, [1479]306.
Laying down of life, belongs only to Christ, [1480]218.
Lazarus, not injured by his poverty, [1481]96; reward of, [1482]121; suffered no actual wrong from Dives, [1483]147.
Lazarus, of Bethany, history of, teaches resignation to sickness and death, [1484]227; His death proved by the Jews coming, [1485]229; by the stone, [1486]233; by the grave clothes, and the stench, [1487]ib.; by the Jews loosing him, [1488]239; his resurrection proved by his eating with Christ, [1489]242; case of, attracted the people, [1490]245.
Leah, praised for her choice of her children's names, [1491]68.
"Life," why said of the Son, [1492]7; implies His Eternity, [1493]18; meaning of, [1494]19; not applied to the Holy Spirit, [1495]21; nor to created things, [1496]22; implies providence and a resurrection, [1497]23.
Life, the present, a seed time, [1498]90; a time of preparation for a better state, [1499]111; eternal, in Christ, underived and original, [1500]168; imparted to men, by partaking of His Flesh, [1501]ib.; mercifully shortened, [1502]211; will not bear comparison with the future, [1503]248; how far to be hated in this world, [1504]248; desire of, natural, [1505]249.
"Light," why said of the Son, [1506]7, [1507]24; a name not peculiar to the Holy Spirit, [1508]21; not sensuous, [1509]24; came unsought by men, [1510]98; this life described as, [1511]202; the future life, why so called, [1512]ib.
Likeness, of the Son to the Father, [1513]14, [1514]26, [1515]28; of God impressed on the Baptized, [1516]36.
Lord's day, Gospels read on, [1517]38.
Lord's Prayer, the, its character wholly spiritual, [1518]157.
Love, of our neighbor, the way to life, [1519]15; of God, to be shown by acts, not words, [1520]35, [1521]72; of Christ, towards man marvelous, [1522]97; of the Father for Christ, [1523]217; more powerful than miracles, [1524]266; want of, a stumbling-block to the heathen, [1525]267; in St. Peter, [1526]257, [1527]332; to be shown by keeping the commandments, [1528]275; by acts, not words, [1529]280; of God and man inseparable, [1530]282; multiplies strength, and makes men ubiquitous, [1531]289; the best protection to rich and poor, [1532]290; the motive of the Solitaries, [1533]ib.; independent of place, [1534]ib.; of enemies, taught by the Passion, [1535]315; gives much boldness towards God, [1536]331.
Luxury, the mother of diseases of the body, [1537]78; and of the soul, [1538]79; wretchedness of, [1539]127; folly of, [1540]159; cured by meditation on Christ's birth, education, and life, [1541]192; vanity and sinfulness of, [1542]197; hinders almsgiving, [1543]285.
Malice, the most inexcusable vice, because not from nature, [1544]130; wounds itself and excludes from life, [1545]142; evils of, [1546]240; its private and public evils in the world, and in the Church, [1547]ib.
Mammon, cannot be served with God, [1548]31; a hard master, [1549]ib.; its commands contrary to Christ's, [1550]147; service of, [1551]215.
Man, created to serve God, [1552]215.
Manes, [1553]30 (note).
Manna, tauntingly mentioned by the Jews, [1554]160; why mysteriously, by Christ, [1555]161.
Marcion, [1556]30 (note); his heresy on the Resurrection, [1557]247; heresy of, refuted by Christ's care for His Mother, [1558]318; his error, guarded against by Christ, [1559]320.
Martha, rebuked not for inhospitality but inattention, [1560]158; unequal to her sister in faith and wisdom, [1561]229; led on by Christ to belief in the resurrection, [1562]ib.; had no vanity in her grief, [1563]232; had forgotten Christ's lessons, [1564]233.
Mary, St., the Virgin, her opinion of Christ, [1565]74; her forwardness at Cana owing to maternal vanity, [1566]ib.; was saved by her own goodness, not her relation to Christ, [1567]75.
Mary Magdalene, her zeal to see Christ's Body in the tomb, [1568]320, [1569]323, [1570]324; had no idea of the resurrection, [1571]323; reward of her perseverance, in seeing Christ risen, [1572]324.
Mary, of Bethany, not the "Harlot" mentioned by St. Matthew, [1573]227; her gravity and earnestness, [1574]ib.; her faith greater than Martha's, [1575]229; her wisdom and affectionateness, [1576]230; her great ardor, [1577]232; her improvement in faith, [1578]242.
Material things only comprehended by the Jews, [1579]213.
Matthew, St., says most of John's imprisonment, [1580]59.
Matrimony, advantage of, [1581]67.
Meat, that perisheth, idleness, [1582]158; that never perisheth, almsgiving, [1583]ib.
Meekness, duty of, [1584]92; taught by, Christ's answer to the Jews, [1585]219; acquired by penitence, [1586]ib.; the first of virtues, [1587]222; of Christ not confined to words, [1588]ib.; of Christ before Pilate, our pattern, [1589]311.
Merchants, activity of, [1590]3.
Mercy, the oil of the Christian's lamp, [1591]46; attracts men to Christ more than power, [1592]63; a call to repentance, [1593]132; may be shown in words, [1594]178, [1595]180.
Miracles, revealed Christ's glory, [1596]41; of Christ's childhood proved false from John's ignorance, [1597]60; and from the number and rapid fame of the true, [1598]73; a more important testimony to Christ than John's word, [1599]64; of turning water into wine, how evidenced, [1600]78; Christ's care to provide sufficient testimony to, [1601]78, [1602]124-128; of Christ, improved on nature, [1603]78; shown to the honest, withheld from the ill-disposed, [1604]80; most attracted the grosser sort, [1605]83; not to be demanded from God by the faithful, [1606]84; their first object, to save souls, [1607]124; addressed to unbelievers and the grosser sort, [1608]124, [1609]151; clearness of their testimony, [1610]146; not all of them related in the Gospels, [1611]151; of the loaves, performed by the Prophets, [1612]152; some, witnessed by the disciples only, [1613]155; of stilling the storm occurred more than once, [1614]ib.; of the loaves, was a warning to Capernaum, [1615]156; of the manna, only a type, [1616]160; their power with the people, [1617]181; sight of, hardened the Pharisees, [1618]186; when and why performed by material means, [1619]202; their effect on the people, [1620]205; the best and sufficient witness to Christ, [1621]223; inferior to love, [1622]266.
Mission, of the Apostles, [1623]42.
Moses, his veil, [1624]40; his love for Israel, [1625]44; compared to Christ, [1626]49; gave only types, [1627]50; how far saw God, [1628]51; highly privileged in visions, [1629]61; his prophecy of Christ, [1630]116; will accuse the Jews for not believing in Christ who had fulfilled his prophecy, [1631]149; his testimony to Christ was that of God, [1632]ib.; questioned by God before a miracle, to arouse his attention to it, [1633]151; at the Red Sea, compared with Christ on the lake, [1634]156.
Moses and Prophets, witnesses to Christ, [1635]214; the door-keeper of the fold, [1636]ib.
Money, love of, produces uncharitableness, and many sins, [1637]330; made for use, not hoarding, [1638]ib.
Mourning, indecent manner of, at Antioch, [1639]230; excess of, condemned, [1640]231; moderate among the old Greeks, [1641]230; wherein honorable, [1642]231; should be for sinners, not for the dead, [1643]ib.; for the general sin, becomes Christians, [1644]240; for the covetous, better than for the dead, [1645]ib.; excess of, ridiculed even by the world, [1646]322; and a sign of unbelief, [1647]ib.
Mules, white, used by kings, [1648]41.
Multitudes most moved by miracles, [1649]181; their faith imperfect, [1650]ib.
Mystery, its use in exciting attention, [1651]165.
Mysteries, the, awfulness of, [1652]167; danger of approaching of, in sin, [1653]ib.
Names of God, why, many, [1654]7; of men, anciently taken from things, [1655]68; why given and sometimes changed by Christ, [1656]ib.; dignity and responsibility of the Christian, [1657]ib.
Nathanael, his exactness and candor, [1658]70; contrasted with the Jews, [1659]71; showed his joy in Christ by confessing Him, [1660]ib.; his confession, why inferior to Peter's, [1661]72; less zealous and less timid than Nicodemus, [1662]98; a lover of truth, and learned, [1663]185.
Nazareth, why profited not by Christ's being born there, [1664]75.
Necessary things made easy by God, [1665]87.
Necessity, Christ not subject to, [1666]76.
New Commandment, how a comfort to the disciples, [1667]266.
Nicodemus, well disposed but fearful, [1668]84, [1669]91; received graciously by Christ, [1670]84; and led on to enquiry, [1671]85; desirous of instruction, [1672]ib.; perplexed by his attempts to reason, [1673]ib.; could not perceive things spiritual, [1674]86; more zealous and more fearful than Nathanael, [1675]98.
Night, futurity described as, [1676]202; this life, why so called, [1677]203.