God manifests Himself in three Persons. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
God the Father is important for He is the creator of all things. God the Son is important for He came in order that we may be redeemed. God the Holy Spirit is also important, but for many it seems this final Person of the Trinity goes forgotten.
As our Gospel instructs, “But I tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you: but if I go, I will send Him to you. And when He is come, He will convince the world of sin, and of justice and of judgement.”
It is the Catechism which states, “The mission of the Spirit of adoption is to unite them to Christ and make them live in him.”
Therefore, it is the Holy Spirit who reveals Jesus to us. It is the Holy Spirit who teaches us about Jesus on order that we may become more like Him. It is the Holy Spirit who makes us ready to receive Jesus in a true spirit of faith.
The Holy Spirit is at work within our life through Sacred Scripture and the sacraments.
It was the Holy Spirit who inspired the authors of the sacred text to write. It is the same Holy Spirit who inspires us whenever we read Sacred Scripture that Christ and His will may be formed within us.
As we are told concerning the Holy Spirit in the Catechism, “The Holy Spirit, whom Christ the head pours out on his members, builds, animates, and sanctifies the Church.”
Therefore, we can say that it is through the sacraments that we receive the gift of God’s grace. It is the Holy Spirit who assists us in doing all that God has taught us to do. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us the Church and throught the Church we receive the gift of the sacraments. Without the sacraments we would be deprived of this o’ so important gift of God’s grace.
On June 5th the Church will come to celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost. It will be here the we will come to celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church. May we continue to prepare ourself for the Holy Spirit’s coming among us on this important day in the life of the Church. Each Person of the Most Holy Trinity is of great importance. May gift of the Holy Spirit move us into the abundant harvest of the Lord to go about His business in all that we do.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face fo the earth.
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