Bulletin: May 25th, 2014 – Sixth Sunday of Easter

Download Bulletin: May 25th, 2014 – Sixth Sunday of Easter

The weekend of May 25th, 2014

Sixth Sunday of Easter

THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT

Do you recognize the sacrament that is celebrated in today’s first reading from the Acts of the Apostles?  When Peter and John imposed hands on those who had been baptized, they received the Holy Spirit in the sacrament of confirmation.  The reading from the First Letter of Peter and the passage from John’s Gospel both consider the results of our baptism and confirmation.  Peter reminds us it is likely that we will have to suffer for what we believe.

In today’s Gospel Jesus speaks clearly about the Holy Spirit, referring to a “Paraclete,” one who will stand with us to defend us.  Poignantly, Jesus promises his disciples, and all of us, “I will not leave you orphans.”  He has never left his followers orphaned.  We have always had the Holy Spirit to guide us.