Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide
Saint John I, Pope, Martyr
Gospel – John 21:20-25
“There were many other things that Jesus did; if all were written down, the world itself, I suppose, would not hold all the books that would have to be written”. These are the words St John, the Evangelist writes at the end of the Gospel. This is true because what Jesus did is something transhistorical. What Jesus did is something more than tangible. What Jesus did is divine. So, it can never be written enough. So, it can never be written adequately. More than writing, what Jesus did can never be understood fully. That’s why we want the Holy Spirit. And only in the due course of the history we will understand more and more what Jesus did. Not only, in the same passage, when St. Peter asked to Jesus about St. John, He said, “If I want him to stay behind till I come, what does it matter to you? You are to follow me”. That also means Jesus has a personal plan for each one of us. So, it’s each one of us to find out what is the personal plan of Jesus Christ for each one of us. We need the assistance of the Holy Spirit to find that out. Let’s reflect. Let’s pray for the Holy Spirit so that we can find out what’s the personal plan of Jesus Christ for each one of us.
Saturday 18 May
