The one Jesus loved

In today's Gospel and throughout the Gospel according
to St. John, one of the disciples is always referred
to as "the one whom Jesus loved." This disciple has
been identified as John the Apostle.

The repetition of the phrase "the one whom Jesus
loved" in this very literary Gospel indicates a deeper
meaning than just describing a relationship between
two historical people, for each of us by our baptism
are to be disciples "whom Jesus loves" and so the
Gospel writer is in some sense placing us in the
middle of these great events he recounts.

You are there. You are the one whom Jesus loves. Live
that way.