Fr Marco Lazzaron
esus speaks of the Advocate, the Spirit of truth, the Paraclete; for us is simply known as the Holy Spirit. But, how much do we know about the Holy Spirit? Its coming is a novelty and a disturbance, it is both fire, consolation, and refreshment.
In today’s world news travels almost at the speed of light: from one part of the world to the other we know almost simultaneously what happened in a specific place of the globe. The disadvantage is that you don’t have time to live an experience, to taste the emotions. In less than a minute the news is already old. We are interconnected with almost every corner of the earth and with everybody and yet, we don’t know the truth behind certain events. And so, what are the criteria and guarantees for defining news as true? Pilate asked Jesus: What is truth? It is the truth that transforms a connection into a journey of communion. Only in truth does the interweaving of individuals connected to each other become a foretaste of unity between people who love each other.
The problem with technology is that does not allow us to show ourselves for who we really are. We hide behind a screen, behind a “status”, a mask, and no one knows our feelings and emotions: depth is missing, revelation is missing, the relationship is missing, and, in the end, the whole person is missing. Jesus says of himself: I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Truth is something both human and divine; it is the Truth of a relationship; it is a Person.
When they tell you that you look just like your father, the heart fills with pride and gratitude: you belong to someone. However, if this father has disappointed you, feel that anger that calls for redemption. But if this Father, is God himself, who has always flooded you with love, this means that you belong to the divine Family, there is no a better family than this.
The Spirit reveals and creates all of this. He only asks us to let the question, the desire, and the anxious search for the truth come to the surface. Let us not be frightened to ask ourselves: “Who am I? And who are you, Lord?” It is the word of Truth, pronounced by the Father and which overflows from Jesus to us, under the push of the Paraclete. The truth, therefore, shows itself as a relationship and intimacy with the whole Trinity.