Reflections

“If he loves me, he will also be loved by my Father.”The one who loves Jesus is the one who keeps his command- ments, and also the one whom the Father will love. This is the logic of Jesus. The disciple finds his connection with the Father be- cause of his love for Jesus shown by keeping his commandments. Jesus adds, he will clearly reveal himself to him.This logic is not readily under- stood by Judas, not the Iscariot. So Jesus has to repeat his statement with an additional information. He and the Father will live with him.Time and again, the devoted disciples do not understand what Jesus wants to communicate. They have a history of not understan- ding. So Jesus promises them to send the Holy Spirit to help them. The Holy Spirit will teach and re- mind them of his teachings which they find unclear.We Christians of today, too, fail to understand God’s message to us. That is why we also fail to ap- preciate his gifts to us. These are none other than God’s relation- ship and indwelling in us. We also need the light of the Holy Spirit. Research, theological books and lively debates about him are not enough. The Holy Spirit explains God’s mysteries through our hearts.
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