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Theme: IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WE LIVE IN GOD AND GOD LIVES IN US AND WE BEAR FRUIT IN PLENTY. Today is the 5th Sunday of Easter, Liturgical Year B. We are still in the Easter Season of 50 days! The Easter Season began on Easter Sunday and it will end on Pentecost Sunday, a period of 50 days! The Gospel of John which we read on the Octave Day of Easter tells us that the Risen Lord gave the Holy Spirit to the disciples on the very day of his resurrection and sent them out to proclaim the good news so that those who believe and are baptized will have their sins forgiven! Today the second reading tells us that it is in the Holy Spirit that we live in God and God lives in us and that we believe and love his Son Jesus Christ and that we love one another! The gospel today tells us that if we remain in Jesus and Jesus remains in us we will bear fruit in plenty! But cut off from Jesus we will bear no fruit. Not only will we bear no fruit, but we will die! The gospel today tells us that Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. If we remain in Jesus we will bear fruit, but cut off from Jesus we will die! The first reading tells us that the Risen Lord is alive and active in the early Church in the Apostle Paul in the Holy Spirit! The first reading tells us that Paul a persecutor of Christians became a persecuted Christian! The first reading tells us that Paul preached the good news even in the face of persecution and death! The Responsorial Psalm tells us to praise God, because the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit for the salvation of the world are all the work of God! Thus the response of the Responsorial Psalm: “You, Lord, are my praise in the great assembly.” The Responsorial Psalm has three stanzas. The first stanza tells the community to praise God! The second stanza tells the nations of the world to praise God! The third stanza tells the future generations to praise God! Today in the Eucharist we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and we eat his body and drink his blood and the Risen Lord will give us the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will help us live in God and God in us and the Holy Spirit will help us believe and love Jesus Christ and love one another! The Holy Spirit will help us remain in Jesus and Jesus remain in us, so that we will bear fruit in plenty, especially the fruits of love, peace and joy! The Holy Spirit will help us proclaim the Good News even in the face of persecution and death! And the Holy Spirit will help us praise and worship God and serve him! A happy Easter Season to all of you! Amen!
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Danas slavimo jednu od najvećih svetkovina, svetkovinu Duhova ili Pedesetnice, kada se spominjemo silaska Duha Svetoga na Mariju i apostole koji su u molitvi slavili židovski blagdan Pedesetnice i ponizno čekali Isusovo obećanje – Duha Branitelja. Tko je Duh Sveti? Duh Sveti je Duh Oca i Sina, on je njihova međusobna ljubav. On je Gospodin i Životvorac, kako ga ispovijedamo u Nicejsko – carigradskom vjerovanju. On je, dakle, s Ocem i sinom jedan Bog. On je s Ocem i Sinom prisutan od početka nauma spasenja do kraja. Isus Krist, Pomazanik Duhom Svetim djeluje u njegovoj snazi i sili i u punini ga posjeduje. Nakon svoga uskrsnuća Isus toga istoga Duha u izobilju daruje svojim učenicima, zajednici koju je on utemeljio – Crkvi. Duh Sveti učenicima otvara oči da razumiju Pisma. Međusobno ih povezuje, daje im snage i hrabrosti za svjedočanstvo Isusovo, preko njih izvodi čudesna djela, oslobađa ih da Radosnu vijest mogu navijestiti i poganima. Sve djelovanje što se u Crkvi može nazvati nasljedovanjem Isusa Krista i izvršavanjem njegova naloga djelo je Duha Svetoga. Jer nitko ne može reći: „Gospodin Isus“ osim u Duhu Svetom. Isti Duh Sveti već više od dvije tisuće godina vodi Kristovu Crkvu. Iako je Crkva kroz svoju povijest bila napadana izvana, ali i iznutra razarana zbog grijeha svojih udova ona je opstala i ostati će do kraja svijeta zahvaljujući vodstvu Duha Svetoga koji kršćane povezuje s Ocem i Sinom. Njime smo i opečaćeni za dan slavnog Kristova dolaska. Duh sveti nam objavljuje uskrslog Gospodina, u pamet doziva Isusovu riječ, daje nam da shvatimo otajstvo njegove smrti i uskrsnuća. On uprisutnjuje Kristovo otajstvo, osobito u euharistiji i daje da ono u kršćanima donese mnogo ploda (Katekizam Katoličke crkve 737). Ako Duh Sveti tako djeluje zašto je onda danas toliko nas kršćana koji ne donosimo plodove Duha Svetoga? Razlog tomu je što Bog ne čovjeka ne prisiljava da se opredijeli za njega, nego ona traži svjesno i slobodno opredjeljenje. Duh Sveti donosi plodove u svakom kršćaninu koji je otvoren za njegovo djelovanje, koji bez oholosti, ponizno prihvaća vodstvo Duha Svetoga. Ponizno zamolimo Oca da nam po Sinu pošalje darove Duha Svetoga da nas kršćane skupi oko jednoga stola Kristova, te po nama i danas u svijetu odjekne radosna vijest spasenja.