Holy Spirit Renewal See also:  Messages from popes We believe the Lord desires to give us the grace to be great saints, to be transformed in Him so that we know intimacy with Him. This is the witness of every saint. We pray that priests and laity be filled with the Holy Spirit. "A priest should be always wrapped in the Holy Spirit as he is in his vestments" -Cure of Ars The Holy Spirit is the life of the Church and of every Christian. God wants to draw us to Himself beyond our human expectations. That is why we need to be attentive to Him as He speaks to us. See the prophecies that have inspired our vision I have come to know that I have received a certain grace that brings me into great intimacy and communion with the Lord. He gives me to know by this means of an interior light. He allows me to know His greatness and holiness and how graciously He lowers Himself to me. He gives me an exclusive knowledge of His love for me, and of how He is Lord of absolutely all things, and also of how He gives Himself to a soul while suspending all the laws of nature. He acts as He wills.  -Diary # 1019 Witnesses of true Joy "Christianity proclaims joy to us, indeed; this joy, however, only develops on the path of love, and this path of love has to do with the Cross, with communion with the Crucified Christ"  -Benedict XVI >>>