GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY : Saturday - May 28, 2022

  

Saturday - May 28, 2022

Do you want certain salvation? Then have great devotion to the Virgin Mary... She will guarantee your salvation. She infallibly saves the one who honors her.

 

-St. Sharbel Makhlouf

May 28, 2022

 

SATURDAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK OF EASTER

Lectionary: 296

 

Reading I     

                                                                                    Acts 18:23-28

 

After staying in Antioch some time,

Paul left and traveled in orderly sequence

through the Galatian country and Phrygia,

bringing strength to all the disciples.

 

A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria,

an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus.

He was an authority on the Scriptures.

He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and,

with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus,

although he knew only the baptism of John.

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue;

but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him,

they took him aside

and explained to him the Way of God more accurately.

And when he wanted to cross to Achaia,

the brothers encouraged him

and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him.

After his arrival he gave great assistance

to those who had come to believe through grace.

He vigorously refuted the Jews in public,

establishing from the Scriptures that the Christ is Jesus.

 

Responsorial Psalm                                  47:2-3, 8-9, 10

 

R.        (8a)  God is king of all the earth.

 

All you peoples, clap your hands;

            shout to God with cries of gladness.

For the LORD, the Most High, the awesome,

            is the great king over all the earth.

R.        God is king of all the earth.

 

For king of all the earth is God;

            sing hymns of praise.

God reigns over the nations,

            God sits upon his holy throne.

R.        God is king of all the earth.

 

The princes of the peoples are gathered together

            with the people of the God of Abraham.

For God’s are the guardians of the earth;

            he is supreme.

R.        God is king of all the earth.

 

Alleluia                                              Phil 2:8 Jn 16:28

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

I came from the Father and have come into the world;

now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.

R. Alleluia

 

Gospel                                                           Jn 16:23b-28

 

Jesus said to his disciples:

“Amen, amen, I say to you,

whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

Until now you have not asked anything in my name;

ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

 

“I have told you this in figures of speech.

The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures

but I will tell you clearly about the Father.

On that day you will ask in my name,

and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me

and have come to believe that I came from God.

I came from the Father and have come into the world.

Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

 

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The Coming of the Spirit of Truth

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.  And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept…”  John 14:15–17

 

On this, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, we begin to turn our eyes toward the coming of the Holy Spirit.  In this passage above, Jesus speaks of asking the Father to send another Advocate to be with us always.  This Advocate is the Holy Spirit.

 

Interestingly, Jesus uses the title, “Spirit of Truth” to refer to the Holy Spirit.  He also points out that the world cannot accept the Holy Spirit.

 

We are currently living in what we may call the “Age of the Holy Spirit.”  This is the age that Jesus spoke about with His Apostles.  Therefore, it’s good to look at the coming of the Holy Spirit in the way Jesus revealed it.

 

First, regarding the title, “Spirit of Truth,” we should ponder whether we are able and willing to accept the full Truth that comes with receiving the Holy Spirit.  If we are of the world, embracing worldly ideas and values, then we will not be able to accept the Holy Spirit.  However, if we are able to see the errors of our world and the many false values within it, we will more easily be able to reject those values and embrace the Holy Spirit and the many truths that the Spirit reveals.

 

Furthermore, if we are open to the coming of the Holy Spirit, we will receive the greatest Advocate we can have in life.  The Holy Spirit is THE Advocate, meaning, the only helper we need.  Becoming consumed by the Holy Spirit provides us with every grace necessary in life.

 

Reflect, today, upon the fact that Jesus’ promise to His Apostles has been fulfilled and that you have the ability to receive that promise here and now in your life.  Say a prayer to the Holy Spirit and anticipate celebrating Pentecost Sunday in two weeks. 

 

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

 

Today's Prayer

 

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.  Jesus, I trust in You.

 

 

God Bless You.....

The Rosary Family

The mother of Jesus promised St. Dominic that, “one day through the rosary & the scapular I shall save the world!”