Pentecost
Gospel – John 15:26-27, 16:12-15
We are celebrating the solemnity of Pentecost. The Paschal mystery reached its culmination in Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles and the disciples present in the upper room in Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit has changed each one of them. They shared in the life of Jesus Christ in a very specific way about which we read in today’s Gospel. When the Spirit of truth comes “you too will be witnesses”. We are not anyone, but we are witness to the love of God manifested in Jesus Christ. Again, Jesus says, “when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you to the complete truth”. The Holy Spirit opens us to the complete truth and not be stuck by the partial truth or taken up by bits of truth. The complete truth is that gives us complete liberation which St. Paul is speaking in his letter to Galatians in the second reading of today. “Since the Spirit is our life, let us be directed by the Spirit”. And Spirit brings “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control”. This is what changed by the coming of the Holy Spirit. Let’s reflect: How much I am docile to the changes which the Holy Spirit brought into my life?
Sunday 19 May
