6th Sunday of Easter - Year A - Your Words Are Spirit and Life
Jesus will not leave us alone. He won’t make us children of God in Baptism only to leave us “orphans,” as he assures us in today’s Gospel (John 14:15-21). He asks the Father to give us “the Spirit of Truth” to dwell with us and keep us united in the life he shares with the Father. We see the promised gift of the Spirit being conferred in today’s First Reading (Acts 8: 5-17) that depicts a primitive Confirmation rite. Peter and John pray and lay hands on the newly baptized that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
This is the origin of our sacrament of Confirmation, by which the grace of Baptism is completed and believers are sealed with the Spirit promised by the Lord. We remain in this grace so long as we love Christ and keep his commandments. And strengthened in the Spirit whom Jesus said would be our Advocate, we are called to bear witness to our salvation - to the tremendous deeds that God has done for us in the name of His Son.
In honour of this Gospel, we would like to share our latest video, "Your Words Are Spirit and Life", a beautiful hymn based on Psalm 19 and written by English Roman Catholic composer, church-musician and social-justice activist Bernadette Farrell. It is a song of that speaks to following God's commandments to help us achieve 'life everlasting'.
Video can be watched by clicking here or on the picture below:
