1 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:13,500 Hi everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. 2 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,200 This is the daily gospel exegesis podcast where every 3 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,400 single day. We do a verse by verse exegesis 4 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,900 of the text. We're giving you the tools to 5 00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:26,200 understand the literal sense of the text of the Gospel. 6 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,300 Reading that you would hear it today's mass. 7 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:31,500 So today we have A rich theological text. 8 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:33,300 There's a lot you could say about this one. 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,500 So John, chapter 14 verses 23 to 29. 10 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:42,800 Jesus said to his disciples. If anyone loves me, he will keep 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,900 my word and my father will love him and we shall come to him and 12 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:52,000 make our home with him. Those who do not love me, do not 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,700 keep my words. And my word is not my own. 14 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,000 It is the word of the one who sent me. 15 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:02,300 I have said these Things to you while still with you. 16 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:06,700 But the advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the father will send 17 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:10,000 in my name. Will teach you everything and 18 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,500 remind you of all. I have said to you. 19 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:16,700 Peace. I bequeath to you my own peace. 20 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:19,800 I give you a piece, the world cannot give. 21 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,700 This is my gift to you. Do not let your hearts be 22 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:26,300 troubled or afraid, you heard me. 23 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:29,700 Say, I am going away and shall return. 24 00:01:30,300 --> 00:01:33,600 If you loved me, you would have been glad to know that I am 25 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,400 going to the father for the father is greater than I I have 26 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,600 told you this now before it happens so that when it does 27 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:48,100 happen, You may believe. So that's the text we're going 28 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:51,200 to take a look at today. We want to start as always by 29 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,800 thinking about the context. So it's in the Last Supper, 30 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,100 Jesus has begun the farewell discourse and that goes over 31 00:01:57,100 --> 00:02:00,000 quite a few chapters. Jesus has just said to his 32 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,300 disciples, anybody who receives my Commandments and keeps them 33 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:09,400 will be one who loves me, and anyone who loves me Will Be 34 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,700 Loved by my father, and I shall love him and show myself to him. 35 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,800 So that's what he said. And then Judas, He's a bit 36 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,100 confused and in fact, probably all the disciples are very 37 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:22,400 confused. So Judas, not Judas. 38 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,500 Iscariot the other one said to him, Lord, what is all this 39 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:29,300 about? Do you intend to show yourself 40 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:33,200 to us and not to the world. So that's what's come just 41 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,000 before this Judas is just ask him the question. 42 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,800 Are you only going to show yourself to us and not to the 43 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,600 world? Now, this might seem like a 44 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,300 funny question to us but think about the Jews in Jesus time. 45 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,200 The common belief was amongst the Jews that when the Messiah 46 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,600 came, he was going to do certain things. 47 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,300 And the disciples by this point of come to believe that Jesus is 48 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:57,700 the Messiah. But because of their beliefs 49 00:02:57,700 --> 00:03:00,800 about the Messiah, they think that means that he's going to 50 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:05,300 triumphantly reveal himself to the world and re-establish the 51 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:08,500 nation of Israel in this really public glorious way. 52 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:12,400 So it was part of their belief that the Messiah would publicly 53 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:17,700 show himself to the world but now Jesus, is just said, I am 54 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:19,900 going to show myself to you and not to the world. 55 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:22,700 At least that's how the disciples have interpreted what 56 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:27,400 he said and that's news to them. So Jesus is now going to sort of 57 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,800 answer their question in an interesting way. 58 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Verse 23, Jesus says in response, if anyone loves me, he 59 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,400 will keep my word and my father will love him. 60 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,300 Now, that's a repeat of what Jesus has already said. 61 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,800 But probably in effect. What Jesus is saying? 62 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,900 In response to Judas, is something like this, you heard 63 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:47,900 me correctly. That is what I mean. 64 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,400 So he does intend to teach that. Only those who follow his 65 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,000 Commandments will get to experience, or he'll reveal 66 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,800 himself to only them in some particular way. 67 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,600 Now, Jesus is going to unpack this a bit. 68 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,500 That mean to reveal himself to someone, he says, and we shall 69 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:07,800 come to him and make our home with him. 70 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,300 So the way he is, my Father and Jesus himself. 71 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:14,900 So the father and the son, this is a deep, mystical teaching. 72 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:17,899 We shall come to him and make our home with him. 73 00:04:17,899 --> 00:04:22,400 Think about those words God himself, making a home within 74 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,900 people. So the teaching here is that for 75 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:28,800 those who cooperate with Jesus instructions and the promptings 76 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,400 of God's grace, they will Allow their hearts to be a place where 77 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,700 both the father and the son can do well. 78 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:39,300 So the Christian can participate in the Divine communion, this is 79 00:04:39,300 --> 00:04:40,900 a very Catholic teaching, isn't it? 80 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:43,600 And many Christians who have progressed in the spiritual life 81 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,200 in might know some people like this. 82 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:49,100 They will testify that something like this has happened to them. 83 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:52,200 They will say that they can feel the presence of God in their 84 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,200 hearts. And it's a deep tangible reality 85 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,200 to them. That's what Jesus is talking 86 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,700 about here. If you love my Commandments, if 87 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:03,000 you follow in my footsteps and draw closer, Me, I will make my 88 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,400 home in your heart is essentially the teaching here. 89 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,100 Interestingly, the word here for dwelling. 90 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:11,500 So Jesus says, we will dwell within that person. 91 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:15,000 The word for dwelling is the same word that's used a couple 92 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,600 of chapters. Earlier, when Jesus says, there 93 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,700 are many Dwelling Places In My Father's House. 94 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:25,400 And we know from later in the New Testament, that each 95 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,000 Christian is considered to be a temple of the Holy Spirit a 96 00:05:28,008 --> 00:05:30,300 dwelling place for the Holy Spirit. 97 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:32,700 That's a 1. Corinthians 3 verse 16. 98 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,900 So there is this interesting background link here between the 99 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:39,900 dwelling of God being the temple and what that means in terms of 100 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:43,200 the New Covenant. So God, dwells to come in a 101 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,500 believer's heart before they come to to dwell with him in 102 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:49,600 heaven. And if you've read Teresa of 103 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,200 Avila, you'll know that she develops this your idea into the 104 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,800 famous interior castle where she talks about an individual 105 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,800 Christians, heart being like a castle that has different rooms 106 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:05,400 that God wants to progress into another way of looking at this 107 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,700 passage where Jesus says, we shall come to him and make our 108 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:10,600 home with him. It's essentially a fulfillment 109 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,300 of one of the Old Testament, prophecies about what God is 110 00:06:14,300 --> 00:06:20,000 going to do in the last days. Ezekiel 37 verse 27 says, my 111 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,100 dwelling shall be with them, I will be their God and they will 112 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:25,600 be my people. So notice the word their my 113 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,500 dwelling shall be with them. This is probably the Fulfillment 114 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:32,900 of that. So really quite meaningful words 115 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:35,900 that are well worth meditating. Verse 24. 116 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:39,100 Then Jesus says what happens to the other group of people, those 117 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:40,100 who do not. Love me. 118 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:43,500 Do not keep my words. So Jesus, probably here wants to 119 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:46,600 make the point that no, he isn't going to reveal himself to the 120 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,400 world, only to those who love him. 121 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:52,700 He then says my word is not my own. 122 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:54,800 It is the word of the one who sent me. 123 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,500 And if you've been following through our series on the Gospel 124 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:01,300 of John, you'll know that this is a pretty consistent theme in. 125 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:03,000 Jesus words. Do not. 126 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,700 Don't come from himself. They come from the father. 127 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:10,600 Other translations have this as the father who sent me. 128 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,700 So they actually put the words, the father in there. 129 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:17,700 Rather than the one who sent me in context, Jesus, he probably 130 00:07:17,700 --> 00:07:21,300 intends to say that those who do not keep his words. 131 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,400 Not only do not love Jesus himself but because Jesus speaks 132 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,400 the words of the father. These people also do not love 133 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,800 the father. That's what Jesus is getting 134 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,400 across and we need to Grapple with that. 135 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:35,100 There's lots of people in society today who say that they 136 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:37,800 love God or their But not religious or and there's all 137 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,700 sorts of variations on this. But Jesus says, one who really 138 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:44,400 loves me and loves the father, is one who keeps my 139 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,200 Commandments, there is no other way. 140 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,300 Verse 25. I have said these things to you 141 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:53,600 while still with you. So Jesus, he says he's going to 142 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,600 leave them soon and he's given the apostles, all of the 143 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,500 instructions that he can basically. 144 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:01,800 So he's in the are going to talk about how someone else is going 145 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,700 to take over that his teaching role after he's gone. 146 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:08,900 And remember, he's talking to the apostles here, he's giving 147 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:11,800 the apostles confidence that he's not leaving them alone. 148 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,900 He's going to send someone who will continue to guide them. 149 00:08:15,700 --> 00:08:19,300 And here's who it is in. Verse 26, The Advocate, the holy 150 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:21,400 spirit will teach you everything. 151 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,500 So, let's unpack the word, The Advocate, the Greek word here is 152 00:08:26,500 --> 00:08:30,500 parakletos, and that means roughly counselor but not 153 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:33,799 counselors in a psychologist. Counselor is an illegal 154 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:37,299 counselor in a courtroom. So that word parakletos had a 155 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:41,600 very specific meaning in this particular context and this is 156 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,600 one of these times I think when digging into the literal sense 157 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,000 and the context of that culture is going to really help us 158 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 understand what Jesus intends here. 159 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,200 So a paraclete toss in a Roman What room with someone who could 160 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,700 provide help and assistance to a person in a trial. 161 00:08:57,900 --> 00:09:00,600 So it's kind of, I guess what we might think of like a barrister 162 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:05,200 today, someone who defends the defendant. 163 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:11,200 So the paraclete else would give counsel plead the person's cause 164 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,300 and intercede with the judge. So you might start to see some 165 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:17,200 parallels here with the Christian Life. 166 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:21,600 The basic idea here by Jesus calling the Holy Spirit, the 167 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,700 paraclete office, or The Advocate or counselor is that 168 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:29,900 the Holy Spirit fights on behalf of the Apostles to help them 169 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:33,600 succeed against the devil. Jesus knows that after he's 170 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,100 gone, they're going to battle the world in the devil. 171 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:39,700 And the parakletos is going to be like their legal helper, the 172 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:42,000 one who's going to give them counsel and defend them. 173 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,300 He then says the Holy Spirit whom the father will send in my 174 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:50,100 name. So the father is going to be the 175 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:52,300 one to send the Holy Spirit to the church. 176 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:55,400 Although, in other places, Jesus says that he will send the Holy 177 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,100 Spirit himself. So, clearly, both the father and 178 00:09:58,100 --> 00:10:02,400 the son are involved in the ascending and descending. 179 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,200 And that's actually an interesting goes into an 180 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,400 interesting theological discussion about the Trinity, 181 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:12,300 because as you might know, historically, the Orthodox 182 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:16,400 Church did not, Re with this expression of in the Creed, 183 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,900 which says the Holy Spirit proceeds, from the father and 184 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:24,300 the son, the Orthodox Christians would have preferred to just say 185 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:27,400 from the father, but there are verses in the New Testament, 186 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,900 which talked about this, the sun sending the Holy Spirit as well. 187 00:10:31,100 --> 00:10:33,400 So, that's just an interesting aside if you're interested in 188 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,400 getting into the complexities of trinitarian theology. 189 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,500 So the father here, as in other places, the it appears that the 190 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,200 Holy Spirit, cannot be sent and till the sun's work is 191 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,000 accomplished and has returned to Heaven. 192 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:52,700 There's other places where Jesus says, it is good for me to go so 193 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:55,900 that the Holy Spirit can come. So, there's this idea that the 194 00:10:55,900 --> 00:10:58,600 Holy Spirit can't come until Jesus goes back to Heaven, which 195 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,100 is interesting. He says whom the father will 196 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:04,800 send in my name. He will teach you everything or 197 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,300 more literally will teach you all things. 198 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:11,000 Now all doesn't mean the same as it does in English today. 199 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:14,800 When it says all things basically, that's a Jewish 200 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:18,900 phrase, which roughly, it will, it doesn't mean everything about 201 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:19,900 everything. It's not. 202 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,900 I'm going to tell you 100% of all knowledge there is but 203 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:25,400 rather it means something like this. 204 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,600 He will teach you everything you need to know. 205 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,300 So that all kind of means something a bit different. 206 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:35,100 Notice that he will teach you everything as in everything that 207 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:37,100 you need to know, who's he talking to? 208 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,000 He's talking to the apostles. This is a promise that Jesus 209 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 gives the apostles about what the holy spirit will do for 210 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,000 them, not for all Christians and that makes sense. 211 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,400 Jesus is saying that in the early years of the church, when 212 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,900 the whole when the apostles are around, the holy spirit will be 213 00:11:53,900 --> 00:11:57,500 there to guide the apostles and to communicate God's truth to 214 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:59,700 them. If you read the book of Acts 215 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:01,800 you'll see that coming Very pretty strongly. 216 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,300 Particularly if you look at the Jerusalem Council where the Holy 217 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:09,200 Spirit actually guides them in their decision, what this means 218 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,200 is that the early church is work in the book of Acts and in the 219 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,400 Years following its really God's work. 220 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:17,000 God is with them through the Holy Spirit. 221 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:20,700 Now, notice this matches. Well, this idea that the holy 222 00:12:20,700 --> 00:12:24,200 spirit will be with the apostles matches, the Catholic teaching 223 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,800 about the Canon. If you know much about the 224 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,300 Bible, the Catholic teaching is that the Canon of public 225 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:34,400 revelation of scripture writing was closed after the death of 226 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,800 the last Apostle. So the holy spirit is promised 227 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,500 to the apostles here in this verse and we know it's the holy 228 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:44,900 spirit that allows the scriptures to be inspired so it 229 00:12:44,900 --> 00:12:48,300 makes logical sense to say that after the last Apostle died, Is 230 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:51,800 the holy spirit is not going to be as active in the same way. 231 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:56,100 So from that, we can reasonably infer that the scriptures the 232 00:12:56,100 --> 00:13:01,000 inspired word of God was finished writing after the well, 233 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,700 at the death of the last Apostle and there was no more movement 234 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:07,400 of the spirit in that same way that Jesus promises it to the 235 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:09,900 apostles here. So I do think that that's a 236 00:13:09,900 --> 00:13:12,300 legitimate thing that we can take from this verse. 237 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:17,400 He then says this, the holy spirit will remind you of all I 238 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,200 have said, To you. Now that's an interesting 239 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,400 promised. The holy spirit is going to help 240 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:27,000 the apostles memory. Now, that's a lot of things 241 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,700 because Jesus has said a lot of things to them during his 242 00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:32,700 ministry. And Jesus here says, in order to 243 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:34,100 help them. Remember all the things that 244 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:36,100 he's said, he's going to send the Holy Spirit. 245 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:39,600 We see this actually happened. Several times in the gospels, 246 00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:42,500 the gospels themselves after Jesus resurrects. 247 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:46,800 It talks about how the apostles remember things that happened 248 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:52,000 earlier in the ministry. So if you look at John 2:17 and 249 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:56,800 then John 12:16 John, their talks about, he talks about the 250 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,800 event in the life of Jesus and then he adds a little editorial. 251 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,900 Comment the apostles did not understand this until after 252 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:06,200 Jesus resurrection. So clearly the Holy Spirit was 253 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:10,500 helping the apostles, understand everything that Jesus said to 254 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:12,800 them. Even very soon after this after 255 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,600 Jesus, resurrection. So the idea here is that the 256 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,400 Holy Spirit helps the apostles make links to earlier teachings 257 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,700 of Jesus but this could also be extended as well. 258 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:27,100 Many scholars believe that this promise that the holy spirit 259 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:31,100 will remind the Apostles of Everything Jesus has said, maybe 260 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:33,500 that could extend to the writing of the gospels. 261 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,700 We know that the four gospel writers, two of them who are 262 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:40,800 Apostles, Matthew and John, when they wrote their gospels, they 263 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:46,500 were inspired. So Even though there's some 264 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:48,900 things in there, gospels, that seems like it would be hard for 265 00:14:48,908 --> 00:14:51,400 them to know that these things happen. 266 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,200 For example, Jesus, in The Garden of Gethsemane. 267 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,700 One of the things that's often pointed out is he was too far 268 00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:00,600 away for the apostles to hear what his prayer was. 269 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,100 Although, somehow in the gospels, there are able to 270 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,900 record what his words were saying with the woman at the 271 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:09,700 well in John's gospel, it's a private conversation between 272 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:12,100 Jesus and the woman. So how did the gospel writers 273 00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:14,300 know what Jesus said in these conversations? 274 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:17,400 Well, according to some Scholars, this particular 275 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:21,500 passage in John 14 says it gives us an explanation of how the 276 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:24,800 gospel writers knew what Jesus said in those private 277 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,800 conversations, the Holy Spirit told them when they were writing 278 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,300 their gospels. And I think that that's quite 279 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:33,200 possible. Verse 27. 280 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,100 Jesus Neil says to his disciples. 281 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,400 Now notice the audience. He's not talking to all 282 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,700 Christians. He's talking to the apostles in 283 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:43,900 particular piece. I bequeath to you my own peace. 284 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:46,600 I give you. And of course those words are 285 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,800 familiar to you from Mass. We say that at the sign of 286 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,000 Peace. What does that mean in the 287 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,600 context though? Peace. 288 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,500 I bequeath to you my own peace. I give you. 289 00:15:57,300 --> 00:15:59,300 So Jesus is speaking to the apostles. 290 00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:02,100 He knows that he's going away and the apostles. 291 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,300 He's going away as well. He's already promised to give 292 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:08,100 them the Holy Spirit and now, he's giving them something else. 293 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,900 He's giving them a special gift of peace for the difficult 294 00:16:11,900 --> 00:16:13,600 times. That he knows are going to be 295 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,200 ahead for the apostles. Now, the language here, applies 296 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,700 an active giving. It actually implies that Jesus 297 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:22,800 is giving them some sort of Supernatural, gift of Peace. 298 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:25,300 Which is passing from him to them. 299 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:30,100 My peace, I give you, this is my gift to you, so it does appear 300 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:32,100 that he's bestowing a supernatural, peace on. 301 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,700 Them here. He says it's a peace. 302 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:38,500 The world cannot give. Or as other translations put 303 00:16:38,500 --> 00:16:41,300 this not as the world gives do I give to you. 304 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,200 So the world is able to offer some consolation and peace. 305 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:47,800 Although if you think about it, the kind of peace that the world 306 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,000 could give in that Society was kind of like the Roman Empire 307 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,200 piece. So it's like a political piece 308 00:16:53,900 --> 00:16:58,000 which is always a bit unstable. And Jesus says, my piece is not 309 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,600 like that, he's giving them a supernatural kind of Peace which 310 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,700 gives us Comfort regardless of our circumstances. 311 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:09,599 How does Jesus get this piece? It's from his relationship with 312 00:17:09,599 --> 00:17:11,500 the father. And now he passes on that 313 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:15,200 special Supernatural peace to his closest followers who are 314 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,300 going to be the leaders of his church. 315 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,099 The background for this is probably this Jewish idea of 316 00:17:21,099 --> 00:17:24,599 Shalom, that's the Old Testament word for peace and that carries 317 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:27,800 the idea of well-being or everything is made right in 318 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,600 shalom. Interestingly in the Old 319 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,000 Testament God promises to have an outpouring of this special 320 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:38,000 Shalom. On his people in the final 321 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,500 eschatological age of Salvation, which of course is fulfilled in 322 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:43,600 Jesus. And you can see that in Isaiah 323 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:49,000 52 and 54 in Jeremiah 33 and in Zechariah 9 verse 10. 324 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:52,700 There's all these references in the Old Testament where God 325 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:55,900 says, one day, I will pour out my piece on my people and this 326 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:57,600 is probably a fulfillment of that. 327 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:03,000 He says this is my gift to you. So the language here, implies a 328 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,400 piece, a supernatural peace. That's passing from Jesus to the 329 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,900 apostles. Now it's possible that Jesus 330 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:11,900 doesn't actually give them this piece, right? 331 00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:15,800 Then, and there because as we know, they, they do scatter, as 332 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,600 soon as they see Jesus being arrested, some people, some 333 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,200 scholars. Believe, he actually gives them 334 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,900 this piece at the resurrection. Remember, on Resurrection 335 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:26,100 morning. He appears to them in the locked 336 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:29,700 room and he shows them his hands and his feet and he says to them 337 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,800 peace be with you, so it's possible that that's when he 338 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:36,300 actually gives them the peace. Why does he give them peace 339 00:18:36,300 --> 00:18:38,100 while they're going to need it for the ministry? 340 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:42,100 Arguably, if you look at the book of Acts, you could say that 341 00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:45,300 they do have a special gift of peace with them while they're 342 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:48,100 active in the book of Acts based on the way that they respond to 343 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:50,600 leaders and when they're in prison, they seem like pretty 344 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:54,900 peaceful people. He finishes by saying do not let 345 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:57,100 your hearts be troubled or afraid. 346 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:01,600 Now, Jesus wants that to be true for all believers, fear and 347 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,000 anxiety stops us from trusting in God. 348 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,800 So, Jesus wants us once our hearts not to be troubled or 349 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,400 afraid. And those are great consoling 350 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:15,600 words for all of us. Verse 28, you heard me? 351 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,100 Say I am going away and shall return. 352 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,500 So Jesus has said this several times already in the farewell 353 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:25,300 discourse, and then he says, if you loved me, you would have 354 00:19:25,300 --> 00:19:27,600 been glad to know that I am going to the father. 355 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,500 So by this point, the apostles are quite sad and anxious about 356 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:34,900 Jesus leaving. But Jesus says, I want you to be 357 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:38,300 happy and the reason he wants them to be happy is not because 358 00:19:38,300 --> 00:19:41,700 he's leaving, but because of his destination where he's going 359 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,400 notice. This is a Diction of the 360 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,400 Ascension. I am going to the Father which 361 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,200 is what he does do on the Ascension Day and then he adds 362 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,500 for the father is greater than I. 363 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,400 So the reason he wants them to be, glad that he's going to, the 364 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,700 father is because the father is greater than I. 365 00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:02,700 What does that mean? So it seems to be something like 366 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:06,800 this being with the father is a good thing because he is the 367 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,400 Supreme good. Something like that is probably 368 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:14,200 what Jesus means here. Some people have found this a 369 00:20:14,208 --> 00:20:16,800 bit controversial because it's the sun speaking. 370 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,100 In the son, says, for the father, is greater than I does. 371 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:23,700 That contradict trinitarian theology about all three persons 372 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:27,900 of the Trinity being equal, no, because the Catholic teaching is 373 00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:31,700 the three persons of the Trinity are equal in nature, but not in 374 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:34,300 the roles they play. So, there is a relational 375 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:38,400 hierarchy among the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit and the 376 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,100 father is in a sense, greater than the Son, and the Holy 377 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:44,800 Spirit in a sense. Because he is entirely without 378 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,800 origin, whereas the Son and the Holy Spirit, and not entirely 379 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,000 without origin, and that gets into some complete complexities 380 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,600 of theology, verse 29. I have told you this now before 381 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,000 it happens so that when it does happen, you may believe. 382 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,400 So Jesus gives the apostles this prediction so that when the 383 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:08,000 Ascension does take place, which would be around 40 days later 384 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,200 they can look back on this prophecy that Jesus has given 385 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,900 them in the last supper and Faith, that Jesus is indeed the 386 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:18,100 Messiah. That makes sense, because at 387 00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:20,700 this point, the apostles do believe, he's the Messiah 388 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:24,100 certainly, but after his crucifixion, they sort of lose 389 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:26,900 faith in that because they weren't expecting the Messiah to 390 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:29,100 be killed. So, when Jesus dies on the 391 00:21:29,108 --> 00:21:32,100 cross, they a lot of them seem to fall away from the faith and 392 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:34,000 they stopped believing his, the Messiah. 393 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:37,900 So Jesus here says that on the day when I Ascend, you can look 394 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:41,300 back on this prediction and believe that I am the Messiah. 395 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,600 So it's kind of a almost Jesus predicting that they're going to 396 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,300 need a faith booster. Remember who's writing this? 397 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:52,000 This is the Apostle, John, and he's one of the Apostles. 398 00:21:52,300 --> 00:21:54,900 So, presumably, when the Ascension happens, 40 Days 399 00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:57,900 Later, he's one of the people there, that's able to look back 400 00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:02,700 on Jesus words. So that's the end of what we 401 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:04,800 have today. And there's a lot in that a lot 402 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,100 to think about the farewell discourse continues in the 403 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:09,900 lectionary, in the coming, week days. 404 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:13,100 So, if you keep listening, you'll get to hear more of the 405 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:15,900 farewell discourse, which keeps going into John 15. 406 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:18,200 There's a few really interesting. 407 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,200 Catechism, paragraphs that we want to take a look at which may 408 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:23,900 clear links to what we've seen here. 409 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:25,700 So I'll just read out a few of them. 410 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:32,200 Paragraph 647 is about the resurrection and it talks about 411 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:38,100 how this idea that Jesus is only going to reveal himself to 412 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:40,300 Believers. Could actually be applied to the 413 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:42,000 resurrection appearances of Jesus. 414 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,800 It says, although the resurrection was a historical 415 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,500 event that could be verified by the sign of the empty tomb. 416 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,400 And by the reality of the Apostles encounters with the 417 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,100 Risen Christ, still it remains at the very heart of the mystery 418 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:57,100 of Faith. It's something that truly And 419 00:22:57,100 --> 00:23:00,800 sends and surpasses history. This is why the Risen Christ 420 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:05,300 does not reveal himself to the world, but to his disciples to 421 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:08,400 those who came up with him, From Galilee to Jerusalem, who are 422 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:14,200 now his witnesses to the people. There's also a reference to it 423 00:23:14,208 --> 00:23:18,800 in paragraph, 2615 about prayer. It says, even more what the 424 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,600 father gives us when our prayer is united with, that of Jesus is 425 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,800 another counselor to be with you forever. 426 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,700 Even the spirit of Truth, this new dimension of prayer and of 427 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:32,100 its circumstances is displayed throughout the farewell 428 00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:36,000 discourse in the Holy Spirit, Christian prayer is a communion 429 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,000 of love with the father not only through Christ but also in him, 430 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:43,900 here the two I have asked nothing in my name, ask and you 431 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:46,100 will receive that your joy may be full. 432 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,200 Paragraph to 60 is a discussion about the Trinity. 433 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,100 It says, the ultimate end of the whole Divine economy is the 434 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:58,900 entry of God's creatures into the perfect, Unity of the 435 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:01,400 Blessed Trinity. How incredible is that? 436 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,700 That's what we as Christians get to have access to entry into the 437 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:07,600 perfect Unity of the Blessed Trinity. 438 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:11,100 So it goes on, but even now, we are called to be a dwelling for 439 00:24:11,100 --> 00:24:14,800 the Most Holy Trinity. If a man loves me says the Lord, 440 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,900 he will keep my word and my father will love him and we will 441 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,200 Come to him and make our home with him. 442 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,900 So that entire paragraph paragraph, 260 about how we 443 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:27,900 should understand the Trinity and its relationship to us, is 444 00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:30,700 informed largely by John chapter 14 here. 445 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,800 Paragraph 2. 4 3 is says a little bit about how Jesus sends 446 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,500 the spirit, so I'll include that in the show notes and then 447 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:45,400 paragraph, 263 summarizes. The trinity in this way, the 448 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,300 mission of the Holy Spirit sent by the father, in the name of 449 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:53,400 the Sun and by the son, from the father reveals that with them. 450 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,500 The spirit is one and the same God with the father and the son 451 00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:03,500 who is worshiped and glorified, Paragraph 69 to about the titles 452 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:07,500 of the holy spirit says when he proclaims an advisors the coming 453 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:12,400 of the Holy Spirit, Jesus calls him, the paraclete literally one 454 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:17,000 who is called to one side. Advocaat has paraclete is 455 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,300 commonly translated by consoler, and Jesus is the first consoler. 456 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:27,600 Paragraph seven to nine talks. A bit about how Jesus relates to 457 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:31,300 the Holy Spirit and so I'll include that show note that in 458 00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:34,700 the show notes to and then, lastly, this is a nice thing to 459 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:40,100 finish on paragraph. 1099 says, primarily in the Eucharist and 460 00:25:40,100 --> 00:25:43,600 by analogy in the other sacraments, the Liturgy is the 461 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,700 memorial of the mystery of Salvation. 462 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:49,000 The holy spirit is the church's living memory. 463 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,600 So that's a really interesting. Simplification not only did the 464 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,300 Holy Spirit bring to memory of the Apostles, the things that 465 00:25:57,300 --> 00:26:00,500 Jesus said, and did we have access to that same kind of 466 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:02,900 memory function for the Holy Spirit as well? 467 00:26:03,100 --> 00:26:05,900 The holy spirit is the church's living memory. 468 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,500 So all of that will be in the show notes for you to look at. 469 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,500 Thank you for listening. If you're enjoying this and you 470 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:14,300 believe the ministry is worth supporting. 471 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:17,500 It's a new podcast every single day, helping you understand the 472 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:20,300 scriptures, please consider becoming a supporter. 473 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:21,900 I know you've been thinking about it for a while. 474 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,400 While if you've been listening for a while and there's more 475 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,000 information about how you can do that in the show notes. 476 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:30,200 Thanks, please tune in again tomorrow as we continue the 477 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,300 farewell discourse.