The Spirit of Truth

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

May 23, 2022: Acts 16: 11-15; John 15:26 - 16:4

"The Spirit of truth" that Jesus speaks of in the Gospel is witnessed to be at work in the event from the Acts of the Apostles that we see in the first reading - that event of the lady and her household, who accept the Lord and get baptised! While on the one hand there are people who are waiting to take the apostles to task and persecute them in all known ways, there are at the same time a multitude who are ready to protect, help and fend for them.

The tension between these two sections, is experienced in our personal lives too, and that is when we need the Spirit to work within us. We would feel an urge to remain worthy of the Word and spread spirit of obedience to the Word... and we may find situations that may encourage such a disposition, a community that supports such a style of life, and a group of persons that may wish to stand with us and follow us. 

But there could also be another situation - that the world around may ridicule the stand we take, people might make us a laughing stock, the culture might brand us as unfit for the times, and some may be even against us and plot our downfall or threaten us! What would our response be? Can we still hold on to the Truth - only the Spirit of truth can help us do that. 

Let our hearts, homes and our households be filled with the Spirit of truth, that we may set in motion real journey towards the Reign of God, with determination and courage.