The Holy Spirit is the Teacher of Truth! (HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 6TH WEEK OF EASTER MAY 2023
HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 6TH WEEK OF EASTER (MAY 17, 2023) Acts 17:22-18:1; Ps.148; John 16:12-15 The Holy Spirit – Teacher of Truth! In today’s gospel, Jesus says: “when the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth”. Like God the Father, we cannot learn about the Holy Spirit in the labouratory but from what has been revealed and from our relationship with the Holy Spirit. Today, Jesus reveals to us that the Holy Spirit is the teacher of truth. Since Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, it simply means that the Holy Spirit teaches us about Jesus himself. No wonder Jesus said “He will glorify me”. From the opening sentence of today’s gospel, it is clear that we have many more things to learn. In as much as we have many things to say to/ask from God, the Lord himself has many more things to teach us through the Holy Spirit. This calls for attentiveness. To live under the unction of the Holy Spirit means to be dispose to learning. This learning does not take a f...