Acts 16:22-34 / John 16:5-11
I guess it would be easier for the Church and for all of us if Jesus were to remain on earth.
After all Jesus had already risen and He has conquered death and hence He could have remained on earth and be with us always.
God would be so real and present to us and we and the Church won't be facing all those problems that we have to deal with.
That would be so ideal isn't it? Yet that would mean that Jesus would always be somewhere out there but not in each and everyone of us.
Because the truth is that Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit, who is our Advocate, so that the Holy Spirit can make Jesus present in each of us.
With the power of the Holy Spirit, we just have to call on the name of Jesus in prayer, and He will be there.
That was what Paul and Silas did in the 1st reading when they were in prison. They prayed and sang God's praises.
And Jesus came in the form of an earthquake and shook the prison to its foundations.
Yes we just have to pray and praise God and Jesus will stretch out His hand to save us.
The truth is that Jesus is not somewhere out there. He is right here in our hearts. May the Holy Spirit lead us to discover this truth and reality.