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The Holy Spirit...will teach you everything...
May 8, 2023
Dear Family of Mary!
I
am sorry to constantly be focusing on the Gospel readings for Holy Mass
each day, but I can't stop!! Jesus speaks to His disciples in such a
comforting and powerful way about their life, about how they will live
the days ahead, about how He will be able to guide them no matter what
happens! Jesus is preparing them for His Ascension into Heaven, when He
will no longer be with them bodily. He wants them to understand that
they will not be left alone. But this was not something they would
understand, until the Holy Spirit fell upon them at Pentecost. Only then
would it all make sense!!
He tells them today:
Jesus
said to his disciples: “Whoever has my commandments and observes them
is the one who loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father,
and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”
Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, “Master, then what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
Jesus
answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my
Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with
him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you
hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me.
“I
have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit
whom the Father will send in my name—he will teach you everything and
remind you of all that I told you.” (John 14:21-26)
Jesus'
words were vague because what He was describing was outside of the
Apostles experience. The love of the Father, the love of the Son, the
indwelling of the Father and Son in them, this was all beyond them. So
Jesus simply told them they would have to wait for the coming of the
Holy Spirit. The Spirit would teach them everything they needed to
know!!
Our
Lady has also called us to seek the gift of the Holy Spirit, because we
too cannot understand everything she tells us. She knows the Holy
Spirit intimately. She was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit at the
Annunciation, and she helped and guided the Apostles to receive the Holy
Spirit at Pentecost. She will help us as well:
November 2, 2007
"Dear children, Today I call you to open your hearts to the Holy Spirit and permit Him to transform you.
My
children, God is the immeasurable good and therefore, as a mother, I
implore you: Pray, pray, pray, fast and hope that it is possible to
achieve good, because from that good love is born.
The
Holy Spirit will strengthen that love in you and you will be able to
call God your Father. Through this exalted love, you will truly come to
love all people and, through God, you will regard them as brothers and
sisters. Thank you."
We
have a call, just like the Apostles had a call. It is the way of love,
the way of truth, the way of the good. And the Holy Spirit alone, can
teach us our personal way of love. He will show us in our particular
circumstances how to live the good, to live God's love. We need the Holy
Spirit, every day, every moment! Pray, pray, pray, fast and hope to
achieve the good!! This is the way!!
Mother, please pray for us to receive the Holy Spirit!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV
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