Gospel: Luke
12:8-12
Jesus
said to his disciples: “I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the
Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me
before others will be denied before the angels of God.
“Everyone
who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. When they take you
before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or
what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the Holy Spirit
will teach you at that moment what you should say.”
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Reflection:
Do you
want to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life?
One of
the major requisites for us to have an awareness of the presence of the Holy
Spirit in our lives is to first acknowledge the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Then,
after that the gift of the presence of the Holy Spirit and everything else about
the church would follow.
And this
is when the Holy Spirit begins to work wonders in our spiritual lives. It opens
us to the various avenues about the majestic history of the church and the many
truths about it. We also start to become more aware of the true purpose of our
life in this world.
As the
Holy Spirit opens us to the many truths of the church it simultaneously works
in our lives by purifying us of our many sins. It enlightens us to the gifts
of: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety and Fear of the
Lord (Isaiah 11:2-3).
Let us therefore
seek out Jesus Christ first by knowing more about Him. Let us be faithful to
Him and we surely would feel the outpouring gifts of the Holy Spirit. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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