DAILY MASS, GOSPEL AND COMMENTARY:
“EVERYTHING THAT THE FATHER HAS IS MINE” (Jn 6:12-15).
HOLY MASS
Wednesday, 6th week of Easter
Gospel of Wednesday, 6th week of Easter.
(Jn 6:12-15).
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
GOSPEL COMMENTARY from the Navarre Bible, Commentary to the Gospel of St. John (with permission)
13 But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming.
- It is the Holy Spirit who makes fully understood the truth revealed by Christ.
- As Vatican II teaches, our Lord “completed and perfected Revelation and confirmed it… finally by sending the Spirit of truth (Vatican II, Dei Verbum, 4). Cf. note on Jn 14:25-26.
14-15 He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.”
- Jesus Christ here reveals some aspects of the mystery of the Blessed Trinity.
- He teaches that the three divine Persons have the same nature when he says that everything that the Father has belongs to the Son, and everything the Son has belongs to the Father (cf. Jn 17:10) and that the Spirit also has what is common to the Father and the Son, that is, the divine essence.
- The activity specific to the Holy Spirit is that of glorifying Christ, reminding and clarifying for the disciples everything the Master taught them (Jn 16:13).
- On being inspired by the Holy Spirit to recognize the Father through the Son, men render glory to Christ; and glorifying Christ is the same as giving glory to God (cf. Jn 17:1, 3-5, 10).
COMMENTARY ON TODAY’S FIRST READING (Acts 17:15,22 – 18:1)
TOPIC: When you fail, do you remain down, or do you keep trying until you succeed? Paul knew that he had to give an eloquent speech to the people of Athens, which was the capital of culture at that time. He prepared and delivered a magnificent sermon at the plaza that he felt would endear him to his listeners. He even quoted Greek poets of yesteryears thinking that such will impress his Greek audience. However, the philosophers of Athens were not convinced of one idea — that a body could resurrect from the grave. They mocked him and dismissed him. Paul left feeling defeated. Even great apostles like Paul occasionally experienced failure. Men and women who succeeded first tasted failure but knew that it was just a a learning experience, a testing phase and a stepping stone to success. We all trip and stumble in our lives. But stumbling is not failure. It is when we stay down that makes for failure. Rejection and failure don’t mean we have no future. It may only mean success has been delayed but it is up to us to reach for it as we dust off rejection and failure, stay on course, and eventually claim success.
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