Readings
I - Acts 16: 22-34
II - Jn. 16: 5-11
The Holy Spirit is God, the Sanctifier and His work is to make us all holy. It is for this reason that he convicts on: sin, righteousness and judgment; concerning God’s love, God’s truth and conviction to stand before the judgment of God. They are simple and interrelated. When we become aware of God’s love we become aware of our sinfulness leading to repentance and conversion to stand by the truth of God. This will lead us to face the judgment of God that is truth. Surrender to the Holy Spirit, turn away from sinfulness, tread on the way of the Lord and face the judgment of the Lord with courage and conviction.
Today we celebrate the feast of Mary, Help of Christians, a devotion so dear to the heart of Don Bosco. In his biography Don Bosco writes the Salesian Congregation, “The principal objective is to promote veneration of the Blessed Sacrament and devotion to Mary, Help of Christians”. Mary is invoked under this title because she had given victory to the Church from its oppressors. Let us intercede with this heavenly queen to teach us to live by the promptings of the Holy Spirit in docility, trust and love as she did. Let us keep repeating the prayer as often as possible in the silence of our hearts for our various intentions and that of the Church: “Mary, Help of Christians, Pray for us”.
