Reflection for May 10 Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter: John 15 26—16:4a

Gospel: John 15:26—16:4a

Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.                                                           

“I have told you this so that you may not fall away. They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God. They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me. I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you.”

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Reflection:

The story is told about a man who was trying very hard to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in his life. He would always be murmuring come Holy Spirit I need you, he had said this for countless times to no avail. 

We will not be able to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit by saying come Holy Spirit alone. We must live our lives always attuned to the teachings of Jesus; we must live and breathe the teachings of Jesus so to speak. 

Then as we live and breathe His teachings we would slowly but surely begin to feel the empowering presence of the Advocate or the Holy Spirit. Let us always live the teachings of Jesus. Let us never be afraid to share and live it because this is the only means whereby we can truly discern the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  

In the gospel, Jesus speaks to the disciples about the Advocate which is no other than the Holy Spirit. Jesus will give it to them in His own time of choosing what they need to do is to simply be faithful to Him and His teachings. This is what we need to do as well for us to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit within us.  

Therefore inviting the Holy Spirit to come into our lives is not enough we first have to be faithful to the Lord and His teachings. If we do so we would soon feel the presence of the Holy Spirit which is our advocate – Marino J. Dasmarinas