14 May, 2023 | Sixth Sunday of Easter

 Gospel Jn 14:15-21




Jesus said to his disciples:

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

And I will ask the Father,

and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always,

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept,

because it neither sees nor knows him.

But you know him, because he remains with you,

and will be in you.

I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

In a little while the world will no longer see me,

but you will see me, because I live and you will live.

On that day you will realize that I am in my Father

and you are in me and I in you.

Whoever has my commandments and observes them

is the one who loves me.

And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father,

and I will love him and reveal myself to him."


Reflections:

Before leaving the world to return to the father Jesus promises the disciples that he will ask the father to send the Holy Spirit to be with them forever. If the spirit is with them the father and He will come and reside in them and they will no longer feel orphan. They will be empowered by the gifts of the spirit to stand for the truth and show the world what it mean to be living by the spirit. The one who has the gifts of the spirit will bear witness to Christ in the world with pure conscience, a gentleness of heart and prefer to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 

Activity: 

Read the book “Jesus Pure and Simple” By Wayne Cordeiro.

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