![]() Holy Spirit "Christian life consists in living fully the grace of baptism in the total gift of self to the Love of the Father, to live like Christ, in the fire of the Holy Spirit, his very love for others." Benedict XVI >>>
The Holy Spirit has been the life of the Church since Pentecost when she was born. Yet there has been in the Church a growing expectation of an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will make its presence more intense and more experienced by more people. The same Spirit puts in the hearts a desire, a clamor for His coming. Jesus told Ven. Conchita: "A time has come to exalt the Holy Spirit in the world. He is the soul of this Beloved Church. This divine Person diffuses Himself prodigally in every act of the Church. I desire that this last epoch be consecrated in a very special way to this Holy Spirit who ever operates out of love. He guided the Church from her very humble beginnings, by the three humble acts of humble love in Peter. I desire that in these latter days this holy love inflame all hearts but most of all the hearts of the Pope and my priests. It is His turn, it is His epoch, it is the triumph of love in My Church, in the whole universe." -Quoted by Philipon, Conchita, pg 195-196 Pope John XXIII opened the II Vat. Council for the express purpose of seeking renewal of the Church in the power of the Holy Spirit. Indeed the Council prepared the way for a powerful current of grace. While the enemy tried to destroy the renewal of the Church by causing confusion and false interpretations of the Council, the Holy Spirit raised numerous ecclesial movements which Pope Paul VI and his successors have encouraged as authentic signs of renewal and a hope for the Church. Millions experienced a deeper life in the Spirit through the charismatic renewal and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. There was a revival of prayer groups, praise, charismatic gifts, communities, miracles, bible study.
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