Today, Jesus explains to us the difficulty of foreseeing and understanding the action of the Holy Spirit: indeed, "it blows where it wishes" (Jn 3:8). He relates this to the testimony He Himself is giving and to the need to be born from above. The Lord says clearly: "You must be born from above" (Jn 3:7); a new life is necessary to enter into eternal life. It's not enough to just get by to reach the Kingdom of Heaven; a new life regenerated by the action of God’s Spirit is required. Our professional, family, sports, cultural, recreational, and above all, pious life must be transformed by the Christian sense and by God's action. Everything must be transversely permeated by His Spirit. Nothing, absolutely nothing, should be left out of the renewal God accomplishes in us with His Spirit.

A transformation that has Jesus Christ as its catalyst. He, who was to be lifted up on the Cross and who was also to be resurrected, is the one who can cause the Spirit of God to be sent to us. He who has come from above. He who has shown through many miracles His power and His goodness. He who in everything does the will of the Father. He who suffered until shedding the last drop of blood for us. Thanks to the Spirit He will send us, "we are restored to paradise, led back to the Kingdom of heaven, and adopted as children, given confidence to call God "Father" and to share in Christ's grace, called children of light and given a share in eternal glory" (Saint Basil the Great).

Let us allow the action of the Spirit to be welcomed within us, let us listen to Him, and apply His inspirations so that each of us may be —in our usual place— a good example lifted up that radiates the light of Christ.