6th Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 8:5–8, 14–17; 1 Peter 3:15–18; John 14:15–21On this Sixth Sunday of Easter, the Word of God reveals that the Resurrection is not an isolated event of the past, but a living communion into which we are drawn through the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In the Acts of the Apostles (8:5–8, 14–17), baptism and the laying on of hands manifest that Christian life is participation in the very life of the Trinity. We do not belong to ourselves anymore; we are immersed into the love and action of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In the First Letter of Peter (3:15–18), we are invited to sanctify Christ as Lord in our hearts and to give reason for our hope with gentleness, reverence, and a clear conscience. The reason for this hope is always the same: Jesus is risen. Christian witness is therefore not arrogance or fear, but peaceful confidence born from communion with the living Lord. In the Gospel (John 14:15–21), Jesus promises another Advocate, the Spirit of truth, and assures His disciples: “I will not leave you orphans.” The Resurrection means that Christ remains present through the Holy Spirit, accompanying, teaching, consoling, and guiding His people. Easter therefore becomes the certainty that in Christ we are no longer abandoned: we live in the presence of the Trinity, sustained by hope, and accompanied forever by the Spirit of truth. Let’s reflect: Easter is living in the communion of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, carrying the hope of the Risen Christ with gentleness, and never living as orphans again.
Don Giorgio