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John 14:22-31
Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will reveal
yourself to us, and not to the world?" Jesus answered him,
"Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will
come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not
keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father
who sent me. "I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But
the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach
you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the
world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I am coming to you.' If you loved
me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater
than I. And now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does
occur, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of
this world is coming. He has no power over me; but I do as the Father has commanded
me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us be on our
way.
John 15:1-27
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch
in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it
bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken
to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit
by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in
me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them
bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not
abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered,
thrown into the fire, and burned.
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and
it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much
fruit and become my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you;
abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just
as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. I have said these
things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one
has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are
my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer,
because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called
you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from
my Father.
You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit,
fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him
in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
"If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. If you
belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not
belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world-- therefore the
world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, 'Servants are not greater
than their master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they
kept my word, they will keep yours also. But they will do all these things to
you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. If I had
not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse
for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among
them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have
seen and hated both me and my Father. It was to fulfill the word that is written
in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
"When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit
of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. You also are
to testify because you have been with me from the beginning.
John 16:1-17
"I have said these things to you to keep you from stumbling. They will put you
out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will
think that by doing so they are offering worship to God. And they will do this
because they have not known the Father or me. But I have said these things to
you so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them.
"I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you
going?' But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your
hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go
away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go,
I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about
sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because they do not believe in
me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me
no longer; about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When
the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will
not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare
to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take
what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this
reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. "A little
while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will
see me." Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by saying
to us, 'A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while,
and you will see me'; and 'Because I am going to the Father'?"
What a wonderful guide for all Christians, for all believers. How strong can the light of Christ become for any of us, devoted catholics or more timid ones...If we only listen and pay attention and open the ears of our heart. I come back to the above passages to get ressourced and renewed! Oh, I'm not saying that I am constantly able to do it, I easily get distracted... But with prayers and the Eucharist, and with the grace of God, changes are possible, and the eyes of our soul can be opened. He promised it to us.
(John 14:22-16:17 from - Unbound Bible- English: New Revised Standard Version)
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