Reflection for WEDNESDAY, 6th Week of Easter.
By
Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Director, Social Action Movement, Don Bosco Bidar
Reflective Reading of the Word of God
John 16:12-15
The Spirit of truth will lead you to the complete truth
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘I still have many things to say to you
but they would be too much for you now.
But when the Spirit of truth comes
he will lead you to the complete truth,
since he will not be speaking as from himself
but will say only what he has learnt;
and he will tell you of the things to come.
He will glorify me,
since all he tells you
will be taken from what is mine.
Everything the Father has is mine;
that is why I said:
All he tells you
will be taken from what is mine.’
Reflection on the Readings of the day
Every school or institution of higher learning has a library and that is an important resource center.
Even though there is the Internet with search engines to get a multitude of information, the library is still a necessity.
We may not be able to remember all the information there is, but there is the world of books in the library that we can delve in.
The knowledge contained in there is almost inexhaustible.
But if knowledge is inexhaustible, then truth is inextinguishable.
By inextinguishable, it means to say that the truth is already planted in our hearts and we only need to let the light of truth keep shining for us.
Hence, any enlightenment, and realization, any insight, is simply the seeds of truth in our hearts that are bearing fruit.
And that is certainly the work of the Holy Spirit.
That is also what Jesus meant when He said that the Holy Spirit will lead us to the complete truth.
So for the questions in life and about life that we do not understand and do not have the answers for, let us pray to the Holy Spirit for wisdom and to journey on in faith.
One day we will know, one day we will understand, when we let the Spirit guide us.
GOD BLESS YOU
Good morning. Have a nice day.