Coming of the Advocate

Today's Reflections

Coming of the Advocate 

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Jn 15:26—16:4a

[Jesus said to his disciples,] ²⁶“When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. ²⁷And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

¹“I have told you this so that you may not fall away. ²They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God. ³They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me. ⁴I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you.”

Reflection:

When the Advocate comes. Jesus has two vicars, so to say: the Holy Spirit (called here the PARAKLETOS, the Advocate, the helper, or the comforter) and the disciples. Both the Paraclete and the disciples will be witnesses to Christ. But the primary witness is the Holy Spirit. HE will testify to Christ; the disciples will ALSO testify.

The Holy Spirit is the primary agent of evangelization. We are the Spirit’s collaborators, subordinate to him. Hence, in our work of evangelization, we should be attentive to the movement of the Spirit and be sensitive to the Spirit’s directions, and at all times unite and subordinate ourselves to the Spirit’s actions.

Make sure that your work of evangelization is preceded by, accompanied with, and accomplished in prayer.

In prayer

the Holy Spirit gives us light and strength.