Remain in His Spirit
V. When we were dead through sin, God brought us to life again in Christ,
A. because he loved us with so great a love.
V. In him is the fountain of life;
A. We drink from the streams of his goodness.
OPENING PRAYER
Lord God, who has desired that the pierced Heart of your Son be a fountain of mercy and grace for us, we ask you to teach us to abide in him, for his Heart is the very core of the initial preaching of the Gospel. “It stands at the origin of our faith, as the wellspring that refreshes and enlivens our Christian beliefs.” (Dilexit nos, no. 32)
GOSPEL (Jn 7:37-39)
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed, “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as scripture says: ‘Rivers of living water will flow from within him.’’” He said this in reference to the Spirit that those who came to believe in him were to receive.
REFLECTION
Let us now turn to the Holy Spirit, whose fire fills the heart of Christ. As Saint John Paul II once said, Christ’s heart is “the Holy Spirit’s masterpiece”. (…) It is the Spirit who enables us to grasp the richness of the sign of Christ’s pierced side, from which the Church has sprung.” (Dilexit nos, no. 75)
His wounded side, understood as his heart, filled with the Holy Spirit, comes to us as a flood of living water. “The fount of the Spirit is entirely in Christ”. Yet the Spirit whom we have received does not distance us from the risen Lord, but fills us with his presence, for by drinking of the Spirit we drink of the same Christ. (Dilexit nos, no. 102)
FINAL PRAYER
Heart of Jesus, we ask you that as we draw near to drink of the Spirit that flows from your heart, you will immerse us in the springs that are pouring out your grace and your salvation throughout the whole world.
Spirit of the Heart of Jesus
Pour Yourself into My Heart
