HE WILL TAKE FROM WH9AT IS MINE
At 17,15.22-18,1; Ps 148; Jn 16,12-15
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It is an eternal, universal and immortal truth. Jesus is the only mediator between God and the world. This truth is the very essence of Christ the Lord. Without this truth the Christ of God does not exist. Whoever deprives Christ Jesus of this truth, closes the gates of heaven.
At that time Jesus said in reply, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him. “Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light” (Mt 11,25-30).
And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'” From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace, because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him (Jn 1,14-18).
Christ Jesus the gift given by the Father to the world, a gift in which he himself, the Father is given to every man. Christ Jesus is welcomed, the Father is welcomed. Christ the Lord is rejected, the Father, his light, his truth and his eternal life are rejected.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God (Jn 3,16-21).
Why does Christ Jesus give the Holy Spirit? He gives him without measure because he is the Spirit through which the Father always gives Christ to every heart. But the gift of the Spirit is the fruit of perfect obedience to the Father. If the Spirit is not given, Christ might never be known, never accepted and never formed in the heart of man.
The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven (is above all). He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy. For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit. The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him (Jn 3,31-36).
The Holy Spirit comes not in “parallel” to Christ Jesus. But to take all of Christ and form him in every heart. This is the true salvation: the formation through the work of the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus in the heart of every one of his disciples. The Father gives the Son, the Holy Spirit forms the Son in man. Life is proportionate to the formation of Christ Jesus.
“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.
Without the Spirit, the perennial gift of Christ, man remains in his sin and death.
Virgin Mary, Mother of the Redemption, Angels and Saints, give us as a gift to the Holy Spirit.