Monday of the 5th week of Eastertide
Gospel: John 14:21-26In today’s Gospel, Jesus reveals that love for Him opens the way to a deeper communion: “Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make our home with him.” This is the inner meaning of the Resurrection, it is not only that Christ lives again, but that His risen life becomes a dwelling within us. Yet this new life unfolds through the gift of the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, who teaches, reminds, and makes present all that Jesus has said. Easter, therefore, is a time of waiting that is not empty, but full of expectation: waiting for the Spirit who actualizes the Resurrection in us. The Christian life becomes a living relationship, sustained by love, deepened by obedience, and illuminated by the Spirit. During this Easter season, we are invited to remain open, patient, and receptive, allowing the Holy Spirit to form within us the new life of the Risen Christ, so that God Himself may dwell and act in us. Let’s reflect: Easter is living the new life of the Risen Christ by remaining open to the Holy Spirit who makes God dwell within us.
Don Giorgio