Ruminations of an Irascible Hermit.: Come Holy Spirit

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Come Holy Spirit - our Friend, Comforter & Consoler

As we prepare for Pentecost this Sunday, let us remember that the gift of the Holy Spirit from Jesus is the personal gift that empowers us as Christians and Catholics to be able bring Christ to others and offer the gift of ourselves to the Father. Remember to always welcome the Holy Spirit, call upon him and as Him to strengthen us through the day and our lives so that He may work in us.

Jesus promised us the Holy Spirit as our Paraclete - our advocate, comforter, consoled, helper and friend (John 14:16-17) who will lead us into the truth. The Holy Spirit helps us daily by inspiring us, guiding us, acting through our conscience and being the gentle voice of God in our life. By virtue of our baptism we are temples of the Holy Spirit and he dwells in us - bringing Jesus and the Father. This is known as the Divine Indwelling of the Trinity.

Many children will receive the sacrament of confirmation this weekend, but we know that unfortunately many children are poor catechised or leave the faith no long after confirmation. Let us pray for them to always be open and docile to the Holy Spirit.

Come Holy Spirit! Come by the means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate heart of Mary, your well beloved spouse

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Please note. I am a Catholic layman, not a qualified theologian or philosopher. What I say and write here are my own personal thoughts and ideas, although I always try to conform my writings to the Magisterium of the Church.

I- with firm faith believe and profess everything that is contained in the symbol of faith: namely,

I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven: By the power of the Holy Spirit, he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, died and was buried. On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. I believe in the one holy catholic and apostolic church. I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

With firm faith I believe as well everything contained in God's word, written or handed down in tradition and proposed by the church--whether in solemn judgment or in the ordinary and universal Magisterium--as divinely revealed and called for faith.

I also firmly accept and hold each and every thing that is proposed by that same church definitively with regard to teaching concerning faith or morals.

What is more, I adhere with religious submission of will and intellect to the teachings which either the Roman pontiff or the college of bishops enunciate when they exercise the authentic Magisterium even if they proclaim those teachings in an act that is not definitive.