6th Sunday of Easter (C)

Whoever loves me, will keep my word.

Jn 14: 23-29

Whoever loves me, will keep my word.

In the 1970s Mao Tse-tung launched the Cultural Revolution. Millions of young people called the Red Guardsmarhed across China waving the Red Book which contained the thoughts of Chairman Mao. They adored Mao.

We have yet to see millions of Christians carrying the Bible, the Word of God and reading and praying it with devotion.

For those with internet access, you may want a guide to praying with the Word of God. There is Sacred Space and Pray As You Go. Pray as you go is downloaded as an MP3 file.

We will come to him and make our dwelling with him.

St Paul also says that the Holy Spirit dwells in us for we are the temples of the Holy Spirit.

Greeks believed that the gods live in Olympus and have nothing to do with men. Only once in a while do they go down to interfere with the lives of men. And their interference often result in disaster such as the Trojan War.

Christianity teaches us that God is not up there. He is everywhere. He is with us. God is concerned about us. He watches over us, but not from a distance. He is like a parent who lives with his children and thus is able to watch over us.

I will send you another Advocate.

The first is Jesus; the second, the Holy Spirit.

Jesus is advocate in the sense of intercessor in heaven. Thus, Jesus is said to plead for us at the right hand of the Father.

The Holy Spirit is advocate in the sense that he is teacher, a witness to Jesus, and a prosecutor of the world. Now that Jesus has returned to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father, the Holy Spirit is with us as the representative of Jesus.

My peace I give to you.

When Jews meet each other they say Shalom, which is translated as peace. But shalom does not only mean "May peace be with you." It means "May you receive the blessings of God".

Now Jesus gives us his peace. What is this peace that Jesus gives us? Salvation. By his suffering, death and resurrection, Jesus has reconciled us to God. We are now at peace with God. We are now forgiven. Heaven's door is now open to receive us.

I am going away and I will come back to you.

Jesus will suffer, die, rise from the dead and ascend to heaven. But he will come again at the end of time. Christians called this the Parousia.

Every Advent season we are reminded of the second coming of Jesus. If our cry at Easter is "Alleluia", our cry at Advent is "Maranatha".

The Father is greater than I.

We believe in one God and in three divine persons. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are equal. We call this article of Faith, the Blessed Trinity.

How come Jesus says that the Father is greater than he? The Father is greater than he in the sense that the Father was the one who sent him.


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