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- Father Slowiak In the testimony called the Gospel Community of John, Jesus performs a number of signs that reveal his identity --- what we call miracles. Perhaps the word miracle is never used because they are associated with the supernatural and we do have a tendency to become attached "to the signs," and not to the person the signs point to or reveal. It is in this way that the Gospel Community of John reinforces that an intimate knowledge of Jesus is the most solid foundation for faith, that only the person who knows Jesus and understands the relationship between Jesus and the Father can come to true faith. The signs may be impressive but they are no substitute for this "intimate knowledge." And here is the essence of Catholic Christian belief-the conviction that when we have "met" Jesus we have had an intimate encounter with God who created us. Thus, to know Jesus is to look into the human face of God.