Gospel: John 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."
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Reflection:
Do we once in a
while feel that somebody is watching over us most especially when we are alone?
Do we often times feel that somebody is whispering to us telling us to do what
is right when we are about to do what is wrong?
In this gospel
episode Jesus is soon to leave the disciples but He is promising them the
presence of an advocate after He leaves them. God the Holy Spirit is that
advocate that is always with us, watching over us and always leading us to the
right way of life. This is the same Holy Spirit that we received during our
baptism and the very same Holy Spirit that was strengthened within us when we
received the Sacrament of Confirmation.
The question that
needs to be answered is this: If the Holy Spirit is always with us, how come
that we still commit sin? We still commit sin because we also have a freewill
to do what is wrong or right. And many of us sad to say still choose to do
wrong even if the Holy Spirit is urging us to do what is right. So, we don’t
have peace and we are always disturbed.
The key to always
feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in our life is to love the Lord and to
follow His commandments. This is a very simple instruction from the Lord but
very hard to follow for many of us.
Because many of us are easily tempted by satan to sin. Thus, we don’t
feel the guiding presence of the Holy Spirit in our life. What we instead feel
is the presence of satan hence we live sinful, disturbed and complicated lives.
If we still have
peace today despite the disorder that Covid-19 has created in our life the
abiding, guiding and calming presence of the Holy Spirit is within us. This is
so because we love the Lord and we observe carefully His commandments.
Do we still feel
right now the calming and peaceful presence of the Holy Spirit? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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