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The Sixth Sunday of Easter. AmericanCatholic May 27, 2011 Fr. Greg gives his take on the 6th Sunday of Easter.More
The Sixth Sunday of Easter.

AmericanCatholic May 27, 2011 Fr. Greg gives his take on the 6th Sunday of Easter.
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SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Saint(s) of the day : St. Mother Orsola (Giulia) Ledóchowska (1865 -
1939)
Saint John of Avila : "I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another Advocate to be with you always" [2]
HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN 14:15-21.
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be
with you …More
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Saint(s) of the day : St. Mother Orsola (Giulia) Ledóchowska (1865 -
1939)
Saint John of Avila : "I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another Advocate to be with you always" [2]
HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN 14:15-21.
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be
with you always,
the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither
sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and
will be in you.
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see
me, because I live and you will live.
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me
and I in you.
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."
Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB [3]
Commentary of the day :
Saint John of Avila (1499-1569), priest
Sermon no.30, 4e on the Holy Ghost (trans. Ena Dargan, 1959)
"I WILL ASK THE FATHER, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER ADVOCATE TO BE
WITH YOU ALWAYS"
Today the Holy Ghost preaches the same message that Jesus Christ
preached, teaches the same doctrine, consoles and delights as He did.
What more could you ask for? What more could you look for? What more
do you want? For you have within you a counsellor, a tutor, a
director. One who will guide you, advise you, encourage you, put you
on the right road, who will accompany you in everything you do, and
everywhere you go. Finally, if you do not lose sanctifying grace, he
will go by your side so that you may neither do, nor say, nor think
anything that is not inspired or directed by him. He will be your
faithful and true friend; if you do not leave him, he will never leave
you.
As Christ during his life on earth performed marvellous cures among
the sick who needed Him and asked for his help, so this Teacher and
Paraclete performs spiritual cures among those souls in whom he
dwells... He makes the lame walk, the deaf hear, the blind see, puts
the erring on the right path. He teaches the ignorant, consoles the
afflicted, strengthens the weak (cf. Mt 15,31). Christ, as man, went
among men performing these holy deeds, which he could not have done if
he were not God, so we say that they were the work of God and Man. And
we call the wonders accomplished by the Holy Ghost in the heart where
he dwells, the work of the Holy Ghost and man, though man here plays a
lesser part.
If someone does not enjoy this union, has not this Guest in his
house... do we not consider him unfortunate and unhappy?... Tell me,
have you received him? Have you called him? Have you besought him to
come?... May God come to you! I do not know how you can bear to live
without his great goodness. Remember, all the benefits, all the graces
and mercies which Christ came to bring, are given to our souls by this
Comforter.
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Fr. Greg gives his take on the 6th Sunday of Easter.