Subject: Daily Gospel Reading - Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Weekday Gospel Reflection
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Weekday Gospel Reflection
Wednesday in the Sixth Week of Easter

Jesus said to his disciples:

12 “I have yet many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now. 13 However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you. 15 All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you. 16 A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”

John 16:12-15 - World English Bible


Jesus told his followers about the Spirit. It may sound odd, but the third person of the Trinity was the power driving divine will in the end times; he would "declare to you the things that are coming." The primary function of the Spirit viz-a-viz the final days was revelatory. As God acted through the Spirit, he spoke, especially to the disciples of the Christ, and what the truth he revealed gave the divine initiative some context. In other words, the activity and message of God were two sides of the same coin.

John 16 spoke of the intimacy between the Father and the Son; that intimacy would be shared with his disciples. The Father gave his will to his Son (16:15a); the Son gave that will to his followers through the Spirit (16:15c). The Spirit would feed the disciples, giving them the words of the Master until he returned in glory (16:16).

What message does the Spirit give you this day?

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