Sunday, June 8 : Saint Anthony of Padua

The Lord says in today’s Gospel: The Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you. [Jn 14.26] The Father sent the Paraclete in the name of the Son, that is, to manifest the glory of the Son. He will teach, that you may know; he will confirm (support) that you may will. So we sing today at Mass: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful people, that they may have knowledge; and kindle in them the fire of thy love, that what they know they may desire to put into practice. Again we sing: Send forth thy Spirit and they shall be created (by your knowledge): and thou shalt renew the face of the earth (by good will). [Ps 103.30] There is a concordance to these two in the Lamentations of Jeremiah: From above he hath sent fire into my bones and hath taught me [Lam 1.13] The Church says: The Father has sent from above (that is, from the Son), this day, fire (the Holy Spirit) into my bones (the Apostles); and by them he has taught me to know and to will… Let it be said, then: They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Give yourselves to Him as you are able and we will become the temple of the Spirit. Pray the Son to send him us, He who is blessed forever, Amen! … Pray with fervor, begging He send the Paraclete that we might know and love Him, making us worthy to dwell with Him.

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