Gospel: John 16:12-15
Jesus said to his disciples, I have much more to tell you, but you cannot
bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all
truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will
declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will
take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is
mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and
declare it to you.”
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Reflection:
How can we feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in our life? We need to
live our lives according to how Jesus wants us to live it based on the
commandments of love (Luke 10:27). Everything starts from following these
commandments and the moment we follow and live it, we would have an awareness
of the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Therefore we must learn to live Jesus’ commandments of love. But do we
live these love commandments of the Lord? Are we not selective when we give our
love? For example, the command of Jesus pertaining to love of our neighbor,
it’s so easy to follow this when the person is loving us in return. But when
the person is hurting us it’s now very difficult for us to give our love. The
challenge for us is to love even more those who are not loving us in return.
The situation is basically the same on how we express our love for God.
For many of us God is easier to love when HE answers all our prayers. But when
HE doesn’t answer our prayers it’s sometimes difficult for us to express our
love for God. The challenge therefore for all of us is to love God
and neighbor in good times and in bad.
Do we have an awareness of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our life?
If our answer is no, then, we must start to follow Jesus’ commandments of love.
Not according to how we want to follow it but according to how Jesus wants us
to follow and live it. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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