Tarsish Marak csc –
Readings: Acts 16:22-34; Jn 16:5-11
Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.
The first reading of today beautifully narrates to us the power of the prayer by Paul and Silas. They were in prison and sentenced to be beaten up. Jesus hears the prayer of his disciples and saved them. This made a jailer to believe in Jesus. The jailer had a dialogue with the disciples, and they proclaimed to him who Jesus is. And he accepted Jesus and whole of his family was baptized by them.
The spirit of the Lord is active and alive, if we are faithful in following Christ, he will be more faithful to us. Paul and Silas were praying not because they are in fear but to keep connected with the Lord and to show that they are followers of Christ Jesus.
In The gospel, Jesus is reminding his disciples that he is going back to the Father to send us a helper. Jesus knows our way of life. He invites us to come to him at each moment. The helper is already sent to us, only we need to be open and welcome the helper in our lives. Jesus assures us that he will be with us till the end of the time. When we accept Christ, Christ lives in us, and he leads our lives. When we have faith in Jesus, we can overcome all that is evil and can be saved.