Reflection/Homily for Monday of the 7th Week of Easter 13th May 2024

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Reflection/Homily for Monday of the 7th Week of Easter 13th May 2024

Acts 19:1-8. Psalm 68:2-3,4-5ac,6-7ab. John 16:29-33.

We see the importance of the sacrament of baptism in the first reading. St. Paul, on hearing that some disciples at Ephesus received the Baptism of St. John the Baptist immediately baptized them in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. With the reception of our Lord Jesus Christ's Baptism, one receives the Holy Spirit. It is the baptism we receive in the Catholic Church. Our Lord instructed his disciples before his ascension into heaven, saying, "Go and make disciples of all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matt.28:19). 

With this baptism, one receives the Holy Spirit. It is then your job as a baptized Christian to fan the Holy Spirit into flame just like the twelve who received Baptism from Paul in the first reading. 

In fanning the Holy Spirit into flame, let us be assured that we are going to face tribulations. But our Lord Jesus Christ is assuring us in today's Gospel that we must be of good cheer because He has overcome the world (cf John 16:23).

May God grant us the grace to fan the Holy Spirit we have received in Baptism into flame and win more souls for Christ Jesus through the same Christ our Lord. Amen

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