A Poem a Sunday
Easter VI - C
May 1, 2016
Commentary: Another ‘Farewell Address’ by Jesus in the
Gospel of John. The Holy Spirit comes
into the picture early and often. John
uses ‘Creation Theology’ as he will have Jesus eventually ‘breath’ into the
disciples as God did to Adam and Eve in the Second Account of Creation. Here Jesus prepares them for the Advocate,
the Holy Spirit, who has been ‘Helper’ to God’s people for centuries.
St. John 14:23-29 -
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
23
Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will
love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my
words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent
me.
25
“I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Advocate, [a] the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you
of all that I have said to you. 27 Peace
I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world
gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away,
and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to
the Father, because the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you this before it
occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe.
Footnotes:
a.
John 14:26 Or Helper
A Poem a Sunday
Easter VI - C
May 1, 2016
Spelling
Lesson
Aaron
holds up
the Prophet’s hands.
Donkey
parades
to Messiah’s bands.
Veil
is torn
in Jerusalem.
Open
sky
for ascension.
Calling
followers
to love.
Appearing
in the
form of a dove.
Transforming
a whole
community.
Evangelizing
for
humanity.
‘A Poem a Sunday’
April 26, 2016
May be used with
permission.
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