TUESDAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK OF EASTER - Gospel (John 16:5-11) - THE WORD OF GOD FOR EVERYONE

“It is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you.” (Jn 16:7)

FIRST READING - Acts 16:22-34

A reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles

The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas,

and the magistrates had them stripped

and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

After inflicting many blows on them,

they threw them into prison

and instructed the jailer to guard them securely.

When he received these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell

and secured their feet to a stake.

About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying

and singing hymns to God as the prisoners listened,

there was suddenly such a severe earthquake

that the foundations of the jail shook;

all the doors flew open, and the chains of all were pulled loose.

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open,

he drew his sword and was about to kill himself,

thinking that the prisoners had escaped.

But Paul shouted out in a loud voice,

"Do no harm to yourself; we are all here."

He asked for a light and rushed in and,

trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas.

Then he brought them out and said,

"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus

and you and your household will be saved."

So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.

He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds;

then he and all his family were baptized at once.

He brought them up into his house and provided a meal

and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God.

GOSPEL OF THE DAY - John 16:5-11

From the Gospel according to John

Jesus said to his disciples:

"Now I am going to the one who sent me,

and not one of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'

But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts.

But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.

For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you.

But if I go, I will send him to you.

And when he comes he will convict the world

in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation:

sin, because they do not believe in me;

righteousness, because I am going to the Father

and you will no longer see me;

condemnation, because the ruler of this world has been condemned."

TUESDAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK OF EASTER - Gospel (John 16:5-11)

THE WORD OF GOD FOR EVERYONE

Dear People of God,

Jesus loves His disciples. He always stands by them, accompanies them, and teaches them to prepare them to go out into the world.

Before Jesus Christ returned to God the Father, He confided in His disciples, His beloved children: "It is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you." He prepared everything for His beloved children to be able to fight against Satan. Although He was going away, that did not mean He would stop being active. He is always the Living God forever with and working among His people. To know and remember that Jesus is the Living God, we must rely on the power of the Holy Spirit to enlighten and guide us.

Today is an era in which the Holy Spirit is at work. The Holy Spirit helps us remember all that Jesus Christ taught and enables us to live according to God's teachings. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, who comes to convict the world and testify to the truth about the Living God, who is always with us. The power of the Holy Spirit spreads to all righteous souls. The holiness of God dwells in the souls of those who receive the Holy Spirit, allowing them to bear spiritual fruit: peace, love, joy, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control, gentleness, and patience.

The Holy Spirit is always active, reigning in the soul of each person, teaching and guiding them to abandon the path of sin and return to God the Father. The power and authority of the Holy Spirit are active and reigning in the house of God the Father in Bao Loc. God uses His power, manifested through Chu Thien Thuong, to write the words of God the Father's teachings. This helps all mankind understand how to live in a way that pleases God, and reminds us of the law that God has given us—to live in love, just as God loves us.

Thanks be to God. Amen

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