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6th Sunday of Easter

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Fr. Marcus Milless, Associate Pastor May 21, 2017

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who here has heard of the actor Alec Guinness die who that is and what is he famous for what role okay Obi One Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi he is the original the original send he played in many other movies but the movie that he played in that changed his life was Father Brown he played the role of Father Brown that was a series is written by GK Chesterton is about a priest who is also kind of a detective and sometimes you still dislike the butt one day after they were filming he stayed in his costume which was a Rome cassock and he was walking in the streets of the small village in France  and ask you was walking this boy came up to him and grabbed him by the hand and began to walk with him and began to speak to him in French so he's holding his hand and saying something like we will we we we we or something like that  it's my best thanks but he kept going and going  end as he heard that he realized this is what it's age to be a minister of God  he experienced that what the free suit was from the inside what  and that moment changed him  and after that experience he was Anglican at the time he decided to Beacon and he became Catholic now that image of that little boy walking with Alec in the streets of Rance is an image to the Holy Spirit in today's Gospel we hear Jesus tell if you love me you will keep my Commandments I will ask the father and he will give you another advocate  to be miss you  spell advocate in the Greek it's paraclete now it says another paraclete so we know the plead is normally the Holy Spirit but who's the first paraclete well it's Jesus Christ it's Jesus Christ para means beside  play twos comes from Kaleo which means to call to call to one side to be called to one the side  Jesus was called to be on our side Earth to walk Poss to be with us on our journey to strengthen us to give us hope to give us life  end in F moment he's preparing his disciples for the time when he would have send to the Father in heaven and so he's telling disciples that he will not leave them as orphans  and that he will send the advocate he will send the spirit of and how well he's in heaven he pours out his love to the father and through that that love brings over from heaven in the sun's down upon like rain upon us that's the power and working of the Holy Spirit and that's what happens at confirmation  so when is it that we first receive the Holy Spirit it happens at baptism we are configured to Christ and we are saved from our ends and the gates of eternal life are open for us at that moment yet in that in that we we here in the gospel  this what happens is Peter or not Peter excuse me Philip the deacon Philip the Deacon is preaching to the Sumerians the Samaritans  and there's healings that are happening and demons being cast out people cured  and then he baptizes them yet what striking is the Deacon does not lay hands on the others what happens they send for Peter and John here's what says they sent then Peter and John who went down and prayed for them that they might receive the holy spirit for it had not yet Fallen upon any of them been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus distinction what happens in baptism or saved baptism but confirmation sends us and it's fitting the Deacon is not the one who confirms what's the apostles because they are the ones who are sent out to go into the world so the very ones who are sent out to preach the gospel or the who are the channels of Grace for that gift for others to be sent out  and shoulders Jeff that's received or she's me a gift the fullness is received at confirmation now some Mainline churches have done away with confirmation because they say it's not in the Bible  and now that word doesn't appear but the reality we see it right here  Peter and John the apostles, they lay hands on people and the Holy Spirit reins Mount upon them and their hearts are moved  so we see the value of it and then if you talk to your turn friends Fury at a cocktail party say why why do you have confirmation separate from baptism in the Acts of the Apostles because of the Eastern church baptism confirmation and Eucharist are all received at once can you receive them at different times their intricately intricately connected because when we receive Jesus when we are sitting we want to go out and Proclaim that to others and that race that enables us to do that is build upon us at confirmation not as our call brothers and sisters to go out to witness what's in the world  but remember what it says here if you love me you will keep my Commandments I will ask the father and he will give another Advocate to be with you we need to let go of past sins we need to let go of past hurts we need to let go of which keeps us from clinging to Christ and to the Holy Spirit  there's a choice to be made there but not only that as Jesus promised to send another Advocate another paraclete we too are called to be a how do we do that well one when someone struggling and faith  are we ourselves are struggling we are to reach out our hand where to lend them our hand until walk with them  where to walk with them in the dark till they receive the light  because that's the greatest witness to be Side by made with someone  so that's the first step we walk in the Christian charity with our brothers and sisters  but secondly Peter tells us that we should be ready to give an explanation for our Reason for Hope if someone asks us that's important we should be ready to give testimony for a Reason for Hope now there's an important part if someone asks you or there's an opening it doesn't have to be long  it can be pork and sweet this is why we should and you should all take time to look back on your life and that a moment were Christ Ken  giving a testimony a simple one what happened before you met Christ or the church or you had a conversion maybe there was a dark moment to how to Christ break into that and three how did your life change so before during after and simple and we see that with Alec Alec was looking and he had some preconceived notions about the church but then this little boy held his hand and walked with him and he encountered Christ in in through that child in his life was not the same afterwards  I miss my brothers and sisters this is the grace of confirmation we are to be another ad because we have received the advocate and we are to give him away to others as well and when we give away it actually increases the power of the Holy Spirit within us  where to do that because  father extended his son to us in Rush Spirit he reached out his hand to us  can you help us by the hand and he walks with us should we not do the same and extend our hand to others and give them the Holy Spirit as well

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