In him!

WORD 2day: Wednesday, 6th week in Easter time

May 25, 2022 - Acts 17: 15, 22 - 18:1; John 16: 12-15

In Him we live, move and have our being (Acts 17:28), is one of the most expressive faith statements of St. Paul. Paul had the grace of a very special insight into understanding Jesus' mind. Jesus in the Gospel today says, the Counselor, the Holy Spirit will get everything from him and make it known to the believer! "Get from him" would mean 'get from the Father', since Father and the Son are one (cf. Jn 10:30). Jesus invites us to a state where we realise this fact that he said: "On that day you will know that I am in the Father, and you in me, and I in you" (Jn 14:20). And the way to that awareness, is simple: keeping His commandments.

Commandments are not merely some do's and don't's; they are actually the basic elements of a way of  life that Jesus wishes to create within us. It is not so much about doing something as about understanding the purpose and the importance of doing it, that matters. It is not so much what we avoid doing or refrain from, as why we choose not to do something, that matters. In simple terms, Jesus is asking us to understand his mind, think as he does, reason out as he does, look at life as he does... as that is what God our Father and Mother would want of us. This is the simple explication of the profound experience of Union with God. 

When we live in union with the Lord, a union in heart and soul, keeping the Lord's commandments will not be a demanding task but a natural way of life. It is the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of truth who will inspire us to such way of life. Let us prepare ourselves these days to receive the Spirit, the Spirit of the Risen Lord, the Spirit of Truth and Wisdom. 

The crux of Christian perfection is not in anything that we do, it is in living, moving and having our being, IN HIM.