(Jn 15:26-16:4a)
Faith in the Master is already Life of the Eternal in act, here and now.
He himself is the Bread of authentic and indestructible existence, though still earthly.
And well, the intimate life of God reaches us in our time.
First step is the adventure of Faith that gives a Vision; irruption of the Spirit that gives rebirth from above.
Impulse that animates a different existence - not empty.
The sign of such adherence is to believe Jesus as Son: man who manifests the divine condition.
The 'hidden' God of the First Testament, an obstacle that seemed insurmountable, now presents Himself in the specifics - without the need for fatuous fires in support.
In order to avoid intimidation, marginalization, annoyance, some church members advocated a kind of alliance between Jesus and the empire.
They proclaimed a Christ who was so vague and uninvolved that He would not scratch anyone.
Some ambitious, hardliners of the ‘life in the spirit’ felt that the time had come to shake off the earthly story of the carpenter's son.
A figure that was considered weak in itself, short-lived, out of place and time; already extinguished.
Jn intends to rebalance the attempt to Proclaim, diluted in compromises.
The evangelist emphasizes that the Risen One is the Cipher and Engine that bears the soul and generates us in today.
He is the same Son of God who sustained a harsh denunciation and several battles with the authorities.
In short, the Holy Spirit does not go after butterflies.
Action of the Spirit [which internalizes and actualizes] and historical memory of Jesus must always be conjugated.
Only in such a frank perspective is it possible to grasp the Truth of the Eternal, and the Truth of man, in all times and circumstances.
In addition: the Father is the Creator of each of our deepest inclinations, to which he affixes an indelible signature.
It manifests itself in an innate instinct, which wants to germinate, find space, express itself.
We have rooted deep inside us a unique, invincible Vocation and plural faces; each one.
We cannot deny ourselves, our Roots - even where an open-faced testimony would be unappealing.
The Truth about the «Person» is consequential.
By Grace, we are repositories of an astounding dignity, which even in error or what is such considered, imparts exceptional Desires.
Truth that still restores Dreams: an ‘unprecedented hope’ that activates enthralling passions.
In vain would we have stillness and happiness by seeking cultural and social concordisms, or by playing roles, characters, tasks that do not belong to us - albeit if they were placating.
We would become external.
Truth: God’s Faithfulness in Christ. And frankness in every choice, with our personality in relationship and situation.
Everything else is calculation - deep disorder, which will leave us disassociated and make us sick within.
[Monday 6th wk. in Easter, May 26, 2025]
