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Gospel: John 16: 12-15

I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.

These words of Jesus are important fur us to bring to our prayer each and every day.  How often do we come to the Lord wanting to know all sorts of things: what is to happen to me? What will the outcome of this situation be? What insight am I to have in this trial or success?  Very often what we want to know is not something we can bear at the moment, and it is for us to wait in silent patience as we grow in the ability to accept the reality life presents to us.

Remember when we were children we wanted so much to be adults so that we can do adult things and stay up later than we were allowed.  We so desired to grow up fast, but when we arrived at adulthood we found ourselves not ready even then to bear what we so desired to take upon ourselves - never mind even having those trials as children!  These words of Jesus time and again ring in our hearts: you cannot bear it now.

But we also have the promise of the Spirit of Truth who will lead us to all knowledge.  If we are continually in communion with the Spirit, we will be guided to the truth in our lives - guided step by step, not all at once.  Living organisms do not grow all at once but over time through a process set in motion from within.  So it is with us human beings in our life in the Spirit.