Carmelite homily for Monday (Easter V), May 11, 2020 – Lectionary 285 (John 14:21-26
We know that words are things of the head – they’re thinking; where love is a thing of the heart – it’s feeling. So in today’s Gospel Jesus says he’s going to send the Advocate to teach us all things or remind of everything he’s done. But what has he taught us but love? What has he instructed us but love? And so how is he going to teach these things of the heart? With words? No. Saint Therese says, “He instructs without the noise of words.” That’s how the Holy Spirit acts; that’s how Jesus acts; that’s how we grow – in love, not with words, but with love.
