Acts 17:15, 22 - 18:1 / John 16:12-15 (2019)
We certainly don't find it a pleasure, neither would we feel comfortable to speak before a gathering of people which comprises of intellectuals, politicians, lawyers and doctors.
That's because we are expected to use proper language and to be able to speak well and of course to know what we are talking about.
Yet we have to applaud St. Paul when we heard from the 1st reading that he addressed a council of philosophers in Athens.
For a Jew to step into Greek territory and talk about religion using philosophical language was indeed daring.
Yet St. Paul did not use sophisticated philosophical language in his presentation.
Rather he had recourse to natural law and he talked about the God in whom we live and move and have our being.
He even quoted a Greek philosopher who made this statement : "We are all his children".
In St. Paul we see the words of Jesus in today's gospel being actualized and even realized.
Indeed the Spirit will lead us to the complete truth, the truth that will only make sense when we walk the way of Christ.
Let us pray the Spirit will guide us and strengthen us to walk the way of Christ so that our lives will always be lived in truth and in love.