Acts 16:13-15 / John 15:26 - 16:4
If we ever had time to do some reflecting, then we might come to realise that for it has been about 3 months that we have not been physically at Mass.
In fact for the whole of the season of Lent, and it is also going to be for whole of the season of Easter that we have not been for Mass.
Ordinarily speaking, not going for Mass for Lent sounds serious enough. And now it is going to be Lent AND Easter that we have not gone for Mass.
Certainly it is not a laughing matter and no one is really happy about the situation that we are in, spiritually or otherwise.
And as we look into the uncertain future, we don't really have an idea when we will be able to gather as a community to praise and worship the Lord and to give thanks at Mass.
Even though our faith may not be shaken that terribly, yet we may feel that our faith is thinning away and inevitably we wonder and are worried about where our faith is heading.
It is in such times that we turn to the Scriptures for strength and consolation, as what we have now is the Word of God.
In a way, we may feel like the persecuted Christians of the early times, where, deprived of the Eucharist, they tried to remember what Jesus had taught them.
They would have remembered that Jesus promised them the Holy Spirit to be their Advocate and to lead them through the trials of life.
So we have the Word of God, we too have the Holy Spirit, and let us pray so that united spiritually by the Holy Spirit, we will still have hope for the future and give thanks for the blessings from God even at this time.