May 17, 2020
Di Sixth Sunday for Easter (Year A)
Di Readings for Today
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“If una love Me, una go keep My commandments. And I go ask di Father, and He go give una another Advocate wey go dey with una always, di Spirit of Truth, wey di world no fit accept…” John 14:15–17
Today, wey be di Sixth Sunday for Easter, we begin turn our mind towards di coming of di Holy Spirit. For di passage above, Jesus talk about how He go ask di Father to send another Advocate wey go dey with us always. Dis Advocate na di Holy Spirit.
One thing wey catch attention na say Jesus use di title, “Spirit of Truth” to refer to di Holy Spirit. He still point out say di world no fit accept di Holy Spirit.
We dey live now for wetin we fit call di “Time of di Holy Spirit.” Na dis time Jesus talk about with His Apostles. So, e good make we look at di coming of di Holy Spirit as Jesus reveal am.
First, concerning di title, “Spirit of Truth,” make we think deep about whether we fit and we ready to accept di whole Truth wey come with receiving di Holy Spirit. If we belong to di world, and we hold on to worldly ideas and wetin di world value, then we no go fit accept di Holy Spirit. But if we fit see di errors for our world and di many false things wey e value, e go easier for us to reject those things and welcome di Holy Spirit and di many truths wey di Spirit dey reveal.
Also, if our hearts dey open to di coming of di Holy Spirit, we go receive di greatest Advocate wey we fit get for life. Di Holy Spirit na DI Advocate; dis mean say na Him be di only helper wey we need. When we allow di Holy Spirit fill us completely, we dey receive every grace wey we need for life.
Today, think deep about how di promise wey Jesus make to His Apostles don come true, and how you fit receive dat promise here and now for your life. Pray to di Holy Spirit, and look forward to celebrating Pentecost Sunday for two weeks’ time.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill di hearts of Your faithful people and light di fire of Your love inside dem. Send Your Spirit come, and dem go dey created. And You go make di face of di earth new again.
O God, You wey use di light of di Holy Spirit teach di hearts of Your faithful people, grant us, through di same Holy Spirit, to get true wisdom and always enjoy di comfort wey He dey give, through Christ our Lord. Amen. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Image: Di Pouring Out of di Holy Spirit by Anthony van Dyck
