Saint Stephen, the first Martyr
First reading – Acts 6:8-10,7:54-59
“They found they could not get the better of him because of his wisdom, and because it was the Spirit that prompted what he said. They were infuriated when they heard this and ground their teeth at him”. They wanted to be better than Stephen. But they cannot. Because Stephen was prompted by the Holy Spirit. The promptings of the Spirit infuriated them because their intention was not to know the truth but to outsmart Stephen. This is what when we don’t want to listen to the Holy Spirit and when we want to be better than the others. Holy Spirit makes use of the person the Spirit wants to use. In our search for truth, it is not that we must be the best. The search for the truth consists in two things, one, the humility to listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit through others and then the docility to become the instrument of the Holy Spirit itself. Let’s reflect: How much I listen when the Holy Spirit prompts through others?