HOMILY OF 6TH MONDAY IN EASTERTIDE — YEAR A
HOMILY OF 6TH MONDAY IN EASTERTIDE — YEAR A
HOMILY THEME: HOLY SPIRIT THE FORTIFIERS
BY: Fr. Isaac Awe
Acts 16:11-15; Psalm 149:1-6, 9; John 15:26–16:4
When we need help or support who do we turn to? A friend who has earned our trust?
Jesus offers his disciples the best and truest of friends. Who is this promised friend? Jesus calls the Holy Spirit our Counsellor and Advocate. Counsellor is a legal term for the one who will defend someone against an adversary and who guides that person during the ordeal of trial. The Holy Spirit is our Advocate and Helper who brings us safely through the challenges and adversities we must face in this life.
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What does Jesus tell us about the Holy Spirit? First, the Holy Spirit is inseparably one with the Father and the Son. It is the Holy Spirit who gives life, the very life of God and who kindles faith in hearts receptive to God’s word. The Spirit makes it possible for us to know God personally. He gives us experiential knowledge of God as our Father. The Spirit witnesses to our spirit that the Father has indeed sent his Son into the world to redeem it and has raised his Son Jesus from the dead and has seated him at his right hand in glory and power. Through the gift and working of the Holy Spirit we become witnesses to the great work of God in Christ Jesus.
REFLECTION: Do we pray for the Holy Spirit to strengthen us in faith, hope and love and to give us courage and perseverance with hope when we meet adversities and challenges?
PRAYER: O merciful God, fill our hearts, we pray, with the graces of your Holy Spirit; with love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self-control. Teach us to love those who hate us; to pray for those who despitefully use us; that we may be the children of your love, our Father, who makes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Amen
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