He will remind you of all that (I) told you

At 14,5-18; Ps 113; Jn 14,21-26
20 MAY

Are the meditation of the Gospel and the inner wisdom, invoked moment by moment, enough to remember all that Jesus has done? Despite the very high quality and universal qualities of wisdom, it alone is not enough. As in the Old Testament the only Law, the mere wisdom and the mere study were not enough, but the prophecy was needed, so for the New Testament the Holy Spirit, that from the outside bursts, manifests himself, reveals himself and reminds the disciples always of the true Christ, is needed.

For in her is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, Manifold, subtle, agile, clear, unstained, certain, Not baneful, loving the good, keen, unhampered, beneficent, kindly, Firm, secure, tranquil, all-powerful, all-seeing, And pervading all spirits, though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle. For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion, and she penetrates and pervades all things by reason of her purity. For she is an aura of the might of God and a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nought that is sullied enters into her. For she is the refulgence of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the power of God, the image of his goodness. And she, who is one, can do all things, and renews everything while herself perduring; And passing into holy souls from age to age, she produces friends of God and prophets. For there is nought God loves, be it not one who dwells with Wisdom. For she is fairer than the sun and surpasses every constellation of the stars. Compared to light, she takes precedence; for that, indeed, night supplants, but wickedness prevails not over Wisdom (Wis 7, 22-30).

I, John, your brother, who share with you the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus. I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day and heard behind me a voice as loud as a trumpet, which said, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lamp stands and in the midst of the lamp stands one like a son of man, wearing an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest. The hair of his head was as white as white wool or as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. His feet were like polished brass refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing water. In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun at its brightest. When I caught sight of him, I fell down at his feet as though dead. He touched me with his right hand and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld. Write down, therefore, what you have seen, and what is happening, and what will happen afterwards. This is the secret meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold lamp stands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches (Rev 1,9-20).

The Church lives with the inner Holy Spirit, that is, poured into her, and with the external Holy Spirit, that is, that always hovers over her, to always watch and intervene to illuminate her with the purest truth of Lord Jesus. If the external Spirit were not there, at this time the Church would be submerged under a pile of falsehoods about Christ the Lord. Instead, the external Holy Spirit always intervenes and always frees the Church from the ruins of falsehood and error that cover her.

Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.” Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, “Master, (then) what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; yet the word you hear is not mine but that of the Father who sent me. “I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name – he will teach you everything and remind you of all that (I) told you.

Listening to the external Spirit is the obligation of every disciple of Jesus. When He breaks into our life, if we do not listen to him and obey his voice, there is no other way for us to free ourselves from the rubble of falsehood and we suffocate beneath them.

Mother of God, Angels and Saints make us true listeners of the Spirit that speaks to the Church.