John 12:32 (WEB)
And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
Catechism · 6
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
“It is the movement of a "contrite heart," drawn and moved by grace to respond to the merciful love of God who loved us first.” — Catechism footnote: Ps 51:17; cf. Jn 6:44; 12:32; 1 Jn 4:10.
I Believe
“His kingdom... grows by the love with which Christ, lifted up on the cross, draws men to himself."” — Catechism footnote: DH 11; cf. Jn 18:37; 12:32.
"Our Father Who Art in Heaven"
“Jn Christ, then, heaven and earth are reconciled, for the Son alone "descended from heaven" and causes us to ascend there with him, by his Cross, Resurrection, and Ascension.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:13; 12:32; 14 2-3; 16:28; 20:17; Eph 4:9-10; Heb 1:3; ⇒ 2:13.
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“Into this union with Christ all men are called.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 12:32; cf. LG 3.
"He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"
- §662Article 6 · "He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father"Read at vatican.va
“"and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 12:32.
The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit
- §786Paragraph 2 · The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy SpiritRead at vatican.va
“He exercises his kingship by drawing all men to himself through his death and Resurrection.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 12:32.
Fathers and councils · 32
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…than by believing in Him who, in the likeness of sinful flesh, is lifted up from the earth upon the tree of martyrdom, and draws all things to Himself, and vivifies the dead.” — editor's note: John xii. 32, John iii. 14.
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Gregory the Great
“For in that which He says in the Gospel, When I shall be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to myself (John xii. 32), He means all that are elect.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“The Lord render to Thee, not according to their heart, who thought by persecution they could destroy Thee; but according to Thine Heart, wherein Thou knewest what profit Thy passion would have.” — editor's note: John xii. 32.
Read the whole comment“Psalm XLVI.” — editor's note: Lat. XLV. [In his exordium the Saint recurs to his favourite idea as follows: “Korah is interpreted ‘Baldness,’ and that our Lord, since in the ‘place of the…
Read the whole comment““Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.”…Therefore He was alone before He was put to death.…So far was any from dying for the Name, that is, for confessing the Name of Christ, before that Corn of…” — editor's note: John xii. 24, 32.
Read the whole comment“And finally he appends the statement, which appears also in Matthew and Mark, on the subject of the destined overthrow of the temple.” — editor's note: [Many harmonists insert at this point the events narrated in John xii. 20–50. Augustin does not express an opinion in regard to this passage.—R.]
Read the whole comment“There, too, he reports the remarkable words which were spoken again on the subject of the light which enlightens and makes men the children of light.” — editor's note: John xii. 20–50.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…t: And so Jerome; perhaps בעז = activity; here, as if בָעזֹ “with might.”], because He is strength, for, “When I am lifted up, I will draw all men unto Me.” [John 12:32] He is Obeth, ‘a servant’ [ed. note, u: עובד Obed, and so Jerome], for “the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” [Matt 20:28]…” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
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Read the whole comment“But by saying before, “No man can come to Me except the Father draw him”; and again, “If I be lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all men unto Me” ( c. xii. 32 ); and again, “No man cometh to the Father but by Me” ( c. xiv. 6 ); He showeth Himself equal to Him who begat Him.” — the author cites it
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Leo the Great
“Of them He Himself said “when I am lifted from the earth, I will draw all (things) unto Me.”” — editor's note: S. John xii. 32, omnia: with the Vulgate.
Read the whole comment“…heaven and earth, and see with the inner sight what the Lord meant when He spoke of His coming Passion: “The hour is come that the Son of man may be glorified:” and below He says, “Now is My spirit troubled.” — editor's note: S. John xii. 23; Ibid. 27, 28, 30–32. The reading omni (all things) will not escape notice in v. 32.
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Jerome
“…too subject to Him as He says in the gospel: “No man cometh unto the Father but by me,” and “I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”” — editor's note: Joh. xii. 32.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For this is what He Himself has said, signifying by what manner of death He was to ransom all: “I, when I am lifted up,” He saith, “shall draw all men unto Me.”” — editor's note: John xii. 32.
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John Cassian
“For when we were all lying in hades He raised us to heaven, according to the word of His own promise when He says: “When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto Me.”” — editor's note: S. John xii. 32.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
To our Lord’s exhortation to His disciples to endurance, they might have replied that it was easy for Him, Who was out of the reach of human pain, to talk philosophically about death, and to recommend others to bear…
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I hear Him say, He that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal; and I am ravished, I despise the world; the whole of this life, however long, is but a vapour in My sight; all temporal things…
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As He draws near to the Cross, His human nature appears, a nature that did not wish to die, but cleaved to this present life. He shews that He is not quite without human feelings. For the desire of this present life…
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Lastly, let the man who would follow Him, hear at what hour he should follow. A fearful hour has perhaps come: a choice is offered, either to do wrong, or suffer: the weak soul is troubled. Hear our Lord. What shall…
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i. e. What but something to confirm My followers? Father, save Me from this hour.
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He teaches thee Whom thou shouldest call on, whose will prefer to thine own. Let Him not seem to fall from His greatness, because He wishes thee to rise from thy meanness. He took upon Him man’s infirmity, that He…
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As if He said, I cannot say why I should ask to be saved from it; For for this cause came I unto this hour. However ye may be troubled and dejected at the thought of dying, do not run away from death. I am troubled,…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
When God speaks audibly, as He does here, but no visible appearance is seen, He speaks through the medium of a rational creature: i. e. by the voice of an Angel.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
I have glorified it, i. e. before I made the world; and will glorify it again, i. e. when Thou shalt rise from the dead. Or, I have glorified it, when Thou wast born of a Virgin, didst work miracles, wast made…
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The voice though loud and distinct, soon passed off from their gross, carnal, and sluggish minds; only the sound remaining. Others perceived an articulate voice, but did not catch what it said: Others said, An Angel…
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i. e. It did not come to tell Him what He knew already, but them what they ought to know. And as that voice did not come for His sake, but for theirs, so His soul was not troubled for His sake, but for theirs.
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The voice of the Father proved what they were so fond of denying, that He was from God. For He must be from God, if He was glorified by God. It was not that He needed encouragement of such a voice Himself, but He…
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The judgment at the end of the world will be of eternal rewards and punishments. But there is another judgment, not of condemnation, but of selection, which is the one meant here; the selection of His own redeemed,…
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What kind of judgment it is by which the devil is cast out, I will explain by an example. A man demands payment from his debtors, beats them, and sends them to prison. He treats with the same insolence one who owes…
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What is this all that He draweth, but that from which the devil is cast out? He does not say, All men, but, All things; for all men have not faith. He does not mean then all mankind, but the whole of a man, i. e.…
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Why then did He say above, that the Father drew men? (c. 6:46.) Because the Father draws, by the Son who draws. I shall draw, He says, as if men were in the grasp of some tyrant, from which they could not extricate…
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If I be lifted up from the earth, He says, i. e. when I shall be lifted up. He does not doubt that the work will be accomplished which He came to do. By His being lifted up, He means His passion on the cross, as the…
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Cross-references · 24
Cited together in Catechism §160.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §24.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §24.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §24.
Cited together in Catechism §662.
Cited together in Catechism §662.
Cited together in Catechism §662.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §24.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.9.
Cited together in Catechism §1428.
Cited together in Catechism §662.
Cited together in Catechism §662.
Cited together in Catechism §662.
Cited together in Catechism §662.
Cited together in Catechism §662.
Cited together in Catechism §662.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §24.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §1428.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §786 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §1428 and 1 other place.