Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.  For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon.  After they have flogged him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise again."  But they understood nothing about all these things; in fact, what he said was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

One may wonder here at the inner workings of the Trinity in this matter.  Did not Jesus “take them aside” to tell them this?  But it seems the Spirit of Understanding was not given to them.  For in once case the “Father reveals” (Peter) and in another the “Spirit reveals” (John).  So it is clear we may hear the words of the Word but not be drawn into its hidden, interior life.  It is that interior meaning for which I long.