Today, we read that to believe in Jesus and to see Him is to believe in, and see, the Father. If the text would only say: “he, who believes in Me, does not believe in Me”, it would be contradictory. If it would say: “He, who believes in me, believes in the One who sent me”, it would entail both Jesus and the Father who sends Him, and it would be very clear.

Thus, why does Jesus insert a negative statement (“does not believe in Me”) which, to begin with, hinders the correct understanding of the message? The answer is: because Jesus, even though He is not different than the Father, He is indeed diverse from Him: we are actually facing one of the expressions of the Trinitarian mystery. Consequently, while Jesus, at the same time, is not the Father (He is the Son), He is the same as the Father (He is God) and He is a creature as we are (He is man).

—O Lord, give me a strong faith and the empathy to love You as a perfect man, as the saint of God.