Seek the Help of the Holy Spirit!

 

6th Week of Easter Tuesday

Acts 16:22-34

Meditation

Seek the Help of the Holy Spirit!

Paul and Silas were jailed and flogged for preaching the word of God. They sang songs and praises to  God in the jail. There was an earthquake, and the jail was opened for prisoners to be free; the jailer wanted to kill himself because all the prisoners were released miraculously.  Paul and Silas said we are here; though they too were free, told the jailer not to harm himself.

Jailer was happy, and he believed in the power of Jesus at work through them. He wants to be saved, so he asks for baptism, and he was baptized. Jailers are supposed to be hard people who deal with criminals, but the word of God is powerful. It can change anyone,  irrespective of their toughness and hardness of heart. The initiative to draw close to God is God’s working itself. Let us be grateful to God for giving us a Christian vocation and the word of God to believe.

Do you know the value of baptism?

Gospel: Jn 16:5-11

Meditation

Jesus says, ‘I will go away and send you the Holy Spirit’. The Lord is risen and appeared to many people. Jesus cannot stay on the earth with his Risen body. He needs to ascend into heaven: He has to leave to heaven to be seated at the right hand of the Father. If Jesus goes to heaven, we will be orphans. So, he tells us that he will send the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will tell us what to do and what not to do?

Do we seek the help of the Holy Spirit in our lives?

Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

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