Acts 2:1-11, 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 or, Romans 8:8-17, Psalm 104:1,
24, 29-31, 34, John 20:19-23, or John 14:15-16, 23-26
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A MIXED DRINK
"All of us have been given to drink of the one Spirit." —1 Corinthians
12:13
Today, on this Pentecost Sunday and birthday of the Church, the Lord
invites us to take a drink of life-giving water, to drink of the Spirit.
If we decide to take the drink, the Spirit will prompt us to express
ourselves in foreign tongues and to make bold proclamations (Acts 2:4)
"about the marvels God has accomplished" (Acts 2:11). If we do this, a few
people will mistakenly think we are drunk on alcohol (see Acts 2:13).
However, many of these people will change their minds, give their lives to
Jesus, and also take the drink of the Holy Spirit.
Some, however, will refuse the drink, and they will reject and persecute
those who have taken the drink. If we decided to take the drink, we will
receive both the cross and Pentecost, both persecution and power, and both
rejection and joy. The drink of the Holy Spirit is a "mixed drink." We
naturally want some but not all of the effects of receiving the Spirit.
To make the right decision, we must not focus on the drink and its
multiple effects, but on Jesus, the Person offering us the drink. Jesus
proclaimed: "Let him drink who believes in Me" (Jn 7:37-38). When we
believe in Jesus, we will gladly accept any drink or anything He gives us.
We trust Him and are confident in His love.
On this last day of the ninety days of Lent and Easter, and after the nine
days of the novena to the Holy Spirit, take the drink of the Spirit.
Alleluia! Happy Pentecost!
Prayer: Father, renew my Confirmation and fill me with the Spirit now.
Alleluia!
Promise: "Receive the Holy Spirit." —Jn 20:22
Praise: Praise Jesus, Whose Spirit will renew the face of the earth (Ps
104:30).
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