The Spirit of Truth

WORD 2day: Wednesday, 6th week after Easter

May 17, 2023: Acts 17:15,22 -18:1; John 16: 12-15

We reflected yesterday on the Spirit that convicts. Yes, the Spirit of the Lord convicts, because the Spirit leads us to the truth. We have all the truth right in front of us. We fail to see them and understand them; we are tempted not to see them or understand them; we choose not to see them and understand them!

When we fail to see, the Spirit gives us the wisdom and leads us to see it, leading us to light, as St Paul tries to lead the Athenians.

When we are tempted not to see, the Spirit fills us with the courage to see it, making us free and bold as children of God, as Jesus promises his disciples.

When we choose not to see, the Spirit convicts us, as we heard yesterday and makes us understand how mistaken we are. Peter, Paul, the other apostles and everyone who owes his or her rapport with God to a dramatic conversion, would vouch for this role of the Spirit.

But for all of these... I need to open my mind to the Word. If not, I will laugh at the Word or postpone listening to it, to another convenient moment, as the people do in the first reading today.