25 “I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Advocate,[k] the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me, 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us be on our way.
This is one place where the Holy Spirit comes into greater focus.
Right before His physical death, Jesus assured His followers that they would not be forsaken. He said that the Heavenly Father would send them an Advocate, the Holy Spirit, and this Spirit of the Father and the Son would teach and remind the followers all that Jesus had shared with them.
The Holy Spirit is a helping presence. God, the Holy Spirit, works in concert with God the Father to reinforce all that Jesus, God the Son, taught the disciples. As disciples of Jesus, we are invited into that same relationship of learning and reinforcement.
Prayer
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for sending me a helper in the Holy Spirit. Let me learn and remember all your goodness. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.