There is one instance in which the evangelist explicitly attributes Jesus' prayer to the Holy Spirit, not without revealing the habitual state of contemplation from which it arose. It is when, on the journey to Jerusalem, He speaks with the disciples, from among whom He had chosen 72 to send to evangelize the people of the places where He Himself was to go (cf. Luke 10), after having instructed them appropriately. Upon returning from this mission, the 72 tell Jesus what they had accomplished, including the "subjugation" of the demons in His name. And Jesus, after notifying them that He had seen "Satan fall like lightning from heaven," rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said: "I praise you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children. Yes, O Father, for this was your good pleasure." This text from Luke, together with that of John which recounts the farewell discourse in the Upper Room (cf. Jn 13-14), is particularly significant and eloquent regarding the revelation of the Holy Spirit in Christ's messianic mission. [...] In the whole of Jesus Christ's preaching and action, which springs from his union with the Holy Spirit-Love, there is contained an immense richness of heart: "Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart," he exhorts, "and you will find rest for your souls" (Mt 11:29). But at the same time, there is present all the firmness of the truth about the kingdom of God and, therefore, the insistent invitation to open one's heart, under the action of the Holy Spirit, to be admitted into it and not be excluded. In all this, the "power of the Holy Spirit" is revealed and, in truth, the Holy Spirit himself is manifested with his presence and his action as Paraclete, comforter of humanity, confirmer of divine truth, conqueror of the "lord of this world." (Pope Saint John Paul II, General Audience of July 25, 1990)