Subject: Daily Gospel Reading - Monday, May 6, 2013
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| Weekday Gospel Reflection |
| Monday in the Sixth Week of Easter |
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Jesus said to his followers: 26 “When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. 27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning. 16:1 “These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God. 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them." |
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John 15:26-16:4a - World English Bible |
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Jesus gave his disciples a promise and a warning: the arrival of the Spirit and the coming persecutions. The Spirit would testify about the Lord and empower them to spread the Good News. Yet, the result of evangelization would cause hatred, excommunication, even martyrdom. While the opponents of the early Church acted out of ignorance, they could not stop a divinely powered movement. Christianity was controversial. It can still cause scandal, if its message and power are made manifest. Have you been criticized for being Christian? How has the Spirit strengthened you in those times? |
| Daily Readings for the Sixth Week in Easter Studies for the Feast of the Ascension Studies for the Seventh Sunday in Easter |
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