The Spirit of Truth
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Jn 16:12-15
[Jesus said to his disciples,] 12“I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. 13But
when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He
will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will
declare to you the things that are coming. 14He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. 15Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.”
Reflection:
The Spirit of truth will guide you to all truth. Today’s
solemnity celebrates not just a saint or an event of our salvation. It
is the feast of God himself. But we celebrate God not only as one God,
but as God has finally revealed himself: three persons in one God, or
one God in three persons—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Spirit
This
is the greatest Christian mystery because it is the mystery of who and
what God is. We would never have known about it had it not been revealed
to us by God himself. In the Gospel, there is a revelation of the
Trinity. Jesus, who is God’s Son, reveals the Holy Spirit. At the same
time, Jesus tells us that everything that the Father has is his. The
Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, has guided the Church to the truth of
the Trinity, which was unequivocally admitted by the Church only after
centuries of study, prayer, and discussion.
The
best knowledge we can have of the Blessed Trinity is not an academic
but a practical knowledge. We know the Trinity when we practice charity.
When we love, then we come to know God who is love—one God in three
persons united by infinite love. And we preach the Trinity best not by
theological explanations, which will always fall short of the truth, but
through our lives of love and unity with one another.
Be a Trinitarian person. Live in love!
Be a Trinitarian community. Live in unity!
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