Suy Niệm Tin Mừng
Thứ Bẩy Tuần thứ 6 Phục Sinh
Trong bài đọc thứ Nhất, chúng ta thấy, ông Appôlô là người có học thức và có được cách ăn nói hùng hồn. Hai điều kiệm rất quan trọng cho người đàn ông trong thế giới thời cổ đại. Ông đã được Chúa Thánh thần nung đốt trong niềm tin vào Chúa Giêsu và rao giảng to dân ngoại về Chúa Giêsu Kitô. Mặc dầu thế, sự hiểu biết về Tin Mừng và phép rửa của Chúa Kitô của ông chưa được đầy đủ, và ông đã nhờ sự chỉ bảo của bà Priscilla và ông Aquila để ông có thể hiểu biết vể Chúa hơn. Tài hùng biện hay sự thong minh của một người không nhất thiết là đã hiểu biết tất cả về chan lý và sự thật.
Chúng ta không bao giờ có thể nghĩ rằng chúng ta có tất cả những câu trả lời cho mọi thứ, và chúng ta nên cởi mở vả sẵn sang, khiêm thốn để hõi hỏi nơi những người khác. Điều này cũng sẽ giúp rất nhiều cho chúng ta để chúng ta có thể thừa nhận những sai lầm và sửa sai những ý kiến của chúng ta. Không một ai có thể hiểu biết mọi thứ và có tất cả những câu trả lời cho những thắc mắc của con người.
Trong bữa ăn tối sau cùng, Chúa Giêsu nói với các môn đệ rằng ngày sẽ đến Chúa Giêsu sẽ phải trở về với Chúa Cha, Ngày đó Ngài sẽ ban Chúa Thánh Linh xuông trên những ngưòi theo và Tin vào Ngài. Họ có thể cầu xin Thiên Chúa bất cứ điều gì họ cần một cách trực tiếp trong danh Ngài . Ngài đã kêu gọi họ nên trưởng thành trong tâm linh hơn là phụ thuộc vào người khác như trẻ con hoặc thụ động.
Saturday Sixth Week of Easter
Apollos was educated and eloquent, both of which were very important in the ancient world. He was on fire for his new-found faith in Jesus. But his understanding was incomplete, and it was up to Priscilla and Aquila to set him straight. Eloquence or brilliance are not the same as truth. We should never think we have all the answers, and we should be open to correction from others. It would also help immensely if we could admit when we are wrong and revise our opinions. No one has all the answers.
At the last supper, Jesus told his disciples that the day was coming when they would no longer ask him for anything. At first, it sounded as if he was cutting them off, but that was not the case. He was speaking of their empowerment. Since Jesus was returning to the Father, he was empowering his followers with the Spirit. They would be able to ask God directly in Jesus’ name for whatever they needed. He was calling them to spiritual maturity rather than childish dependence or passivity.
We are offered the same spiritual empowerment that he gave his disciples. But this is not a free pass — we have to make the commitment to be real disciples. Jesus would be delighted if we continued the work that he began and do even greater things than he.
Lord, grant me the gift of Your Spirit.
Saturday Sixth Week of Easter
2023
2. Complete Joy: Our Heavenly Father loves us so much that he wants our joy to be complete. No one on earth can make our joy complete, despite how much they love us. Only the Father can fulfill this promise. What does it mean to have complete joy in this world? Joy, a gift of God, is “nourished by a life of prayer, mediation on the word of God, the celebration of the sacraments, and life in community.” – Pope Francis
3. The Hour Is Coming: Jesus was leaving to join the Father. When the Advocate came, the apostles were to pray in Jesus’s name directly to the Father because the Father is love. Jesus’s whole mission was to reveal the Father's love for each of us. In knowing the Father, our joy will be complete.
Conversing with Christ: Loving and humble Jesus, help me to know my heavenly Father so that my joy may be complete. This prayer is the deepest longing of my heart that only you can fulfill.
“I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father.” John 16:25
When is it that Jesus will speak clearly about the Father? When is that “hour” of which He speaks? First, this “hour” can be understood to be the time after His death, Resurrection and Ascension to Heaven. It is then when the Holy Spirit will come upon them at Pentecost to open their minds to understand all that He has taught with much greater insight and clarity. But in John’s Gospel, the “hour” is also a reference to His death on the Cross. It is His hour of glory, the hour in which the Son of Man saves us through His holy passion. Therefore, this statement of Jesus should be read within the context of Him alluding to His coming passion. Recall that this sermon Jesus gives is part of His “Last Supper Discourse.” It is given immediately prior to Jesus going out to the Garden of Gethsemane to be arrested.
When we consider this “hour” to be the passion and death of Jesus on the Cross, we should be aware of the fact that His act of dying is not only a saving act of redemption, it is also one of the clearest ways in which He speaks about His Father in Heaven. Jesus’ suffering and death does, in fact, reveal the Father to the disciples in ways that His “figures of speech” could not reveal. Jesus’ veiled language was spoken as truth but as truth that could not be fully communicated. However, Jesus’ freely embraced suffering and death does clearly communicate the Father in the most profound way possible. The Cross is pure love, and the Father is pure love. Jesus’ death on the Cross in obedience to the will of the Father reveals to all that the Father loves us so much that He was willing to sacrifice His only begotten Son so that if we but believe in Him, we will inherit eternal life.
The message of the Cross is a true teaching about the love of the Father. It’s a teaching that took place through an act of the most pure and sacrificial love imaginable. The Cross was Jesus speaking “clearly about the Father” insofar as it reveals the depth of the Father’s love for all humanity. If you find this difficult to understand, then you are not alone. The disciples themselves struggled with this. That is why they ultimately needed the Holy Spirit to come upon them to open their minds. We too need the Holy Spirit if the veil is to be lifted and we are to comprehend this most powerful message of God’s infinite love.
Reflect, today, upon Jesus’ burning desire to lift the veil of His teaching and to reveal to you, clearly, the depth of the Father’s love for you. Allow the Holy Spirit to open your mind to this revelation as it is given through the Crucifixion. Pray for that gift. Listen to Jesus tell you He desires to give you this understanding and then await the grace you need to see and understand the very heart of the Father and His divine love for you.
My precious Jesus, Your hour of glory upon the Cross is the clearest and fullest revelation of the Father’s love. On the Cross, You show us all how deeply we are loved by You and Your Father in Heaven. Please do open my mind, dear Lord, to all You wish to reveal to me, so that as I come to know You, I will also come to know Your Father in Heaven. Jesus, I trust in You.
Trong bài đọc thứ Nhất, chúng ta thấy, ông Appôlô là người có học thức và có được cách ăn nói hùng hồn. Hai điều kiệm rất quan trọng cho người đàn ông trong thế giới thời cổ đại. Ông đã được Chúa Thánh thần nung đốt trong niềm tin vào Chúa Giêsu và rao giảng to dân ngoại về Chúa Giêsu Kitô. Mặc dầu thế, sự hiểu biết về Tin Mừng và phép rửa của Chúa Kitô của ông chưa được đầy đủ, và ông đã nhờ sự chỉ bảo của bà Priscilla và ông Aquila để ông có thể hiểu biết vể Chúa hơn. Tài hùng biện hay sự thong minh của một người không nhất thiết là đã hiểu biết tất cả về chan lý và sự thật.
Chúng ta không bao giờ có thể nghĩ rằng chúng ta có tất cả những câu trả lời cho mọi thứ, và chúng ta nên cởi mở vả sẵn sang, khiêm thốn để hõi hỏi nơi những người khác. Điều này cũng sẽ giúp rất nhiều cho chúng ta để chúng ta có thể thừa nhận những sai lầm và sửa sai những ý kiến của chúng ta. Không một ai có thể hiểu biết mọi thứ và có tất cả những câu trả lời cho những thắc mắc của con người.
Trong bữa ăn tối sau cùng, Chúa Giêsu nói với các môn đệ rằng ngày sẽ đến Chúa Giêsu sẽ phải trở về với Chúa Cha, Ngày đó Ngài sẽ ban Chúa Thánh Linh xuông trên những ngưòi theo và Tin vào Ngài. Họ có thể cầu xin Thiên Chúa bất cứ điều gì họ cần một cách trực tiếp trong danh Ngài . Ngài đã kêu gọi họ nên trưởng thành trong tâm linh hơn là phụ thuộc vào người khác như trẻ con hoặc thụ động.
Apollos was educated and eloquent, both of which were very important in the ancient world. He was on fire for his new-found faith in Jesus. But his understanding was incomplete, and it was up to Priscilla and Aquila to set him straight. Eloquence or brilliance are not the same as truth. We should never think we have all the answers, and we should be open to correction from others. It would also help immensely if we could admit when we are wrong and revise our opinions. No one has all the answers.
At the last supper, Jesus told his disciples that the day was coming when they would no longer ask him for anything. At first, it sounded as if he was cutting them off, but that was not the case. He was speaking of their empowerment. Since Jesus was returning to the Father, he was empowering his followers with the Spirit. They would be able to ask God directly in Jesus’ name for whatever they needed. He was calling them to spiritual maturity rather than childish dependence or passivity.
We are offered the same spiritual empowerment that he gave his disciples. But this is not a free pass — we have to make the commitment to be real disciples. Jesus would be delighted if we continued the work that he began and do even greater things than he.
Lord, grant me the gift of Your Spirit.
2. Complete Joy: Our Heavenly Father loves us so much that he wants our joy to be complete. No one on earth can make our joy complete, despite how much they love us. Only the Father can fulfill this promise. What does it mean to have complete joy in this world? Joy, a gift of God, is “nourished by a life of prayer, mediation on the word of God, the celebration of the sacraments, and life in community.” – Pope Francis
3. The Hour Is Coming: Jesus was leaving to join the Father. When the Advocate came, the apostles were to pray in Jesus’s name directly to the Father because the Father is love. Jesus’s whole mission was to reveal the Father's love for each of us. In knowing the Father, our joy will be complete.
Conversing with Christ: Loving and humble Jesus, help me to know my heavenly Father so that my joy may be complete. This prayer is the deepest longing of my heart that only you can fulfill.
“I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father.” John 16:25
When is it that Jesus will speak clearly about the Father? When is that “hour” of which He speaks? First, this “hour” can be understood to be the time after His death, Resurrection and Ascension to Heaven. It is then when the Holy Spirit will come upon them at Pentecost to open their minds to understand all that He has taught with much greater insight and clarity. But in John’s Gospel, the “hour” is also a reference to His death on the Cross. It is His hour of glory, the hour in which the Son of Man saves us through His holy passion. Therefore, this statement of Jesus should be read within the context of Him alluding to His coming passion. Recall that this sermon Jesus gives is part of His “Last Supper Discourse.” It is given immediately prior to Jesus going out to the Garden of Gethsemane to be arrested.
When we consider this “hour” to be the passion and death of Jesus on the Cross, we should be aware of the fact that His act of dying is not only a saving act of redemption, it is also one of the clearest ways in which He speaks about His Father in Heaven. Jesus’ suffering and death does, in fact, reveal the Father to the disciples in ways that His “figures of speech” could not reveal. Jesus’ veiled language was spoken as truth but as truth that could not be fully communicated. However, Jesus’ freely embraced suffering and death does clearly communicate the Father in the most profound way possible. The Cross is pure love, and the Father is pure love. Jesus’ death on the Cross in obedience to the will of the Father reveals to all that the Father loves us so much that He was willing to sacrifice His only begotten Son so that if we but believe in Him, we will inherit eternal life.
The message of the Cross is a true teaching about the love of the Father. It’s a teaching that took place through an act of the most pure and sacrificial love imaginable. The Cross was Jesus speaking “clearly about the Father” insofar as it reveals the depth of the Father’s love for all humanity. If you find this difficult to understand, then you are not alone. The disciples themselves struggled with this. That is why they ultimately needed the Holy Spirit to come upon them to open their minds. We too need the Holy Spirit if the veil is to be lifted and we are to comprehend this most powerful message of God’s infinite love.
Reflect, today, upon Jesus’ burning desire to lift the veil of His teaching and to reveal to you, clearly, the depth of the Father’s love for you. Allow the Holy Spirit to open your mind to this revelation as it is given through the Crucifixion. Pray for that gift. Listen to Jesus tell you He desires to give you this understanding and then await the grace you need to see and understand the very heart of the Father and His divine love for you.
My precious Jesus, Your hour of glory upon the Cross is the clearest and fullest revelation of the Father’s love. On the Cross, You show us all how deeply we are loved by You and Your Father in Heaven. Please do open my mind, dear Lord, to all You wish to reveal to me, so that as I come to know You, I will also come to know Your Father in Heaven. Jesus, I trust in You.
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