Seed of Mercy
At your altar… I see Mercy, the root of Love, a mystery closed to knowledge but open to the Light.
TODAY'S SAINT
Saint Ignatius of Laconi
Every day the Church celebrates the journey of men and women who have been able to make the mercy of God through concrete gestures of love and service.
Saint Ignatius of Laconi, along with the other saints remembered today, Monday, May 11, shows us that holiness comes from small things lived with a big heart. Meditating on the saint of the day helps us recognize that mercy is the path that transforms everyday life into a gift, and invites us to follow his example in our own time.
TODAY'S GOSPEL
From the Gospel according to John
Jn 15,26-16,4
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples:
«When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me;
and you also bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
I have told you these things because you do not be scandalized.
They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
And they will do this, because they have not known the Father or me.
But these things I have told you, so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them."
Comments on today's Gospel
Commentary on the Gospel by Father Giordano Favillini
“When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me.”
It is the Holy Spirit who makes the apostles understand who Jesus truly is, and without the gift of the Spirit we too cannot understand the reality of the mystery of Christ.
