Today,
once again, our Lord, wants to open our eyes for us to realize that
more often than not we make things completely wrong. «The
Spirit of truth comes, will guide you into the whole truth» (Jn
16:13), what the Father made known to the Son.
How odd!, rather than
letting the Spirit (a great unknown of our lives!) guide us, what we
do is, either ignore him or “impose upon him” what we
have already decided. But what we are told today, instead, is rather
the contrary: to let him guide us.
—Lord, I'm
thinking aloud... I reread today's Gospel and I think of the many
boys and girls that will receive their Confirmation this year. I see
those around me and I feel tempted to think: —They are still so
“green”! To these ones, your Spirit is practically
unknown; and they can be so easily influenced by everything and
nothing, at the same time!
Make us, O Lord, who
can be considered adults in your faith, effective instruments of your
Spirit to become “conveyors” of your truth; to try to
“guide-accompany”, to help opening up the hearts and the
ears of those around us.
«I
still have many things to tell you» (Jn 16:12). —Do
not refrain, Lord, from speaking to us and reveal us our own
identities! Let your Spirit of Truth help us recognize what is false
in our lives while giving us the necessary courage to get rid of it.
Let him light up our hearts so that we can also recognize, whatever
authentic is there inside us, which already shares your Truth. And
that, by recognizing it, we know how to thank you for it and live up
to it with joy.
Spirit of Truth, open
up our hearts and our lives to Christ's Gospel: that this light be
the light to lighten our daily existence. Holy Spirit, our Helper,
make us strong to live Christ's truth, thereby giving testimony to
everyone.
