In the Gospel we hear today: "This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you and he will be in you." (Jn 14: 17) This reminds us that in baptism the enlightenment we receive is given by us becoming temples of the Holy Spirit. We must never forget how significant this great sacrament is. Although many of us have been baptized as infants we get the chance each year to renew our baptism at Easter and deepen our knowledge of the new life we receive in it. St Peter wrote: "And baptism, which this (the saving of Noah through water in the ark) prefigured, now saves you - not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him." (1 Pt 3: 21-22) The truth of God and his plans for us are not subjective projections of our desires or vain fantasy. They are a sure and certain hope in the truth of God's promises and the Holy Spirit who guides us if we have the courage to let him in. Thus, just as we renew our baptism at Easter let us also renew our openness to the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and place our trust in God's life dwelling within us.
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