The Spirit of Truth

As Jesus' post Resurrection departure approaches we can sense in the liturgical texts that the focus of attention is slowly shifting -or rather expanding- towards the fulfillment of Jesus promise, the coming of the Spirit.

"If you love me, 

you will keep my commandments.

And I will ask the Father,

and He will give you another Advocate, 

to be with you forever.

This is the Spirit of Truth, 

whom the world cannot receive,

because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.

You know Him, because He abides with you,

and He will be with you." 

(John 14: 15-17)

I don't know how we have managed to make of our Faith a matter of beliefs. Jesus, obviously, presented us with a way of life: "if you love me you will keep my commandments". It is not about having the concepts right. It's about copying the attitudes, the life, the style, the values of Him who said,

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

It is our way of life what will make of us dwellers of the Spirit of Truth -the Spirit of Jesus, and Living Memories, Icons of Christ. 

 TRUTH is not a thing we possess, but a person by whom we must 

allow ourselves to be possessed   

Dialogue And Proclamation 19/V/1991-#49

This Spirit of Truth the world cannot receive because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. This is the world we live in, so full of confusion, of lies, of manipulation. But it is not a Creed what makes us to be in the "right" track, rather it is a deep conversion of heart that allows Jesus to take over our lives and live in us. Then He will abide in us and be with us, and we will know the Truth.

"The one who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me;

and the one who loves me will be loved by my Father,

and I will love them and reveal myself to them."

(John 14: 21)

  Let us pray in earnest for our personal conversion and for the gift of this revelation of the Spirit of Jesus to us, to the Church, and to the world:

               Breathe on me, Breath of God,

               Fill me with life anew,

               That I may love the things You love,

               And do what You would do.

               Breathe on me, Breath of God,

               Until my heart is pure,

               Until with You I have one will,

               To live and to endure.

               Breathe on me, Breath of God,

               My soul with grace refine,

               Until this earthly part of me

               Glows with Your fire divine.

               Breathe on me, Breath of God,

               So shall I never die,

               But live with You the perfect life

               In Your eternity.

                              Amen.          (Liturgy of the Hours -Edwin Hatch -Public Domain)