Gospel: Luke 10:21-24
Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the
wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such
has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my
Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is
except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”
Turning to the disciples in private he said, “Blessed are the eyes that
see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what
you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”
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Reflection:
What do we need to do to fully grasp the grace of the Holy Spirit in our
life? We need to be humble, we need to be childlike for such is the life of
Jesus: full of humility and full of childlike trust.
The Holy Spirit would reveal itself to us once we become humble and
childlike. Thus, the Holy Spirit will give us something that others don’t have
and that is the enlightenment to discern the workings of God in our life.
Notice the childlike excitement of those who volunteer their time for church
to be present at Mass. Observe their intense longing to submit themselves to
the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession. Yet, not everyone has this gift of
feeling the profound presence of God in their lives. This is given free without
any cost by the Holy Spirit to those who strive to dive deeper into our
Catholic faith.
We impede the grace of the Holy Spirit into our lives when we trust more
on our wealth instead of God. When we are self-righteous, when we are corrupt,
when we curse, when we say profanities and swearwords. When we seek pornography
and other forms of sinful actions. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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