Gospel Reading: John 16:12-15
Everything that the Father has is mine; the Spirit will take from what is mine and declare it to you.
Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.”
Saint’s Words:
But you will never find the Father without the Son and Spirit, neither the Son without the Father and Spirit, nor the Spirit a stranger to union with Him from Whom He proceeds. The Father and Son are in the Spirit, and in the Son there is the Father with the Spirit, and the Son is and abides co-everlastingly in the Father and has the Holy Spirit shining forth together with Himself. Believe it! These are one God and not three.
--Symeon the New Theologian, Ethical Discourses
Prayer:
O Triune Divinity, I will believe whatever You want me to believe, go wherever you want me to go, do whatever you want me to do, all for the love of You so that I might always listen to the Father, love with the Son and live in the Holy Spirit.
For the Father is my hope, for the Son is my refuge, for the Holy Spirit is my protector, so glory to the holy and undivided Trinity, now and forever. Let us Praise the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; let us bless and exalt God above all forever! Amen.
