1st Reading: Act 16:22-34
Gospel: Jn 16:5-11
The sacrifice is always
necessary in order to get something beneficial. And this is a mystery still to
be unveiled. If we come to the experience of vegetable garden we shall come to
understand that in order to have vegetable on our table there was a need of the
death of the seed which is at the same time conception. So our mother earth
conceived the dying seeds in order to give birth to “munafu” which I, bro.
Vincent and bro. Isaac enjoy the most on the table. In the same way for our
survival there is need of sacrifice of water for example. The water has to
suffer, to be kidnapped to the bottle to be put in stomach and then we get
energy.
There was a necessity of
the sacrifice of Paul and Silas as we have listened from the first reading, in
order to get the entire family of the jailer converted into Christianity. How it
happened it is still a mystery, the same way that a death seed becomes a living
plant. Saint Anthony Mary claret our founder suffered a lot of persecutions,
the Martyrs of Barbastro, the patron saints of our formation house endured
martyrdom and because of their perseverance today we are enjoying the fruits.
In the Gospel Jesus
speaks of the coming of the Holy Spirit, His followers could not understand
properly what He was speaking about. They were happy being with Jesus sharing
with him but now He is telling them that He is going. Of course, they had to
sacrifice their joy and put themselves in eschatological hope, waiting for
fulfilment of Jesus` promise of sending the Holy Spirit by which they were to
get the fullness of joy and enough power to carry out their mission.
What is my attitude
towards difficult moments?
Geremias Armando Carlos
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