Sunday, I was asked to speak about the Holy
Spirit at Sunday's Mass.
So, I asked and prayed about what to
say. Copious notes were taken. The catechism was studied. I was
prepared. When I got up to speak, what I prepared and what came out was
something entirely different. What I said was not what I had studied on or
what I had prepared. When I stood up, I spoke without knowing my end but
only what I was being led to say. The first words out of my mouth were the
Holy Spirit is harmony.
In our diaconate studies on the Trinity, the
Holy Spirit is identified as the love that exists between the lover and the
beloved. The unity that is between the Father and the Son is where the
Holy Spirit exists. In this unity and love are where the fruits of the
Holy Spirit come from and include love, joy, and peace. This is the
essence of the unity between the Creator and the Word.
In this unity we also find the gifts of the
Holy Spirit including wisdom, understanding, and fortitude. These are the
fruits and the gifts of the Holy Spirit that Pope Francis is praying comes upon
the people of the Holy Land and the rest of the Middle East .
In these things I see the harmony that the
Holy Spirit brings. The
harmony of peace, that brings love and joy. The harmony among people found
with wisdom, understanding and the fortitude to use these in dealing with other
peoples. Yes, I see that the Holy Spirit brings harmony.
In the beginning the earth was without form and
void, and darkness was upon the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the
face of the waters. (Gen 1:2)
The Holy Spirit was there at the beginning of
creation. It existed so that when the word of God came forth; wisdom,
understanding, fortitude, peace, joy, and love all came to God’s
creation. The Holy Spirit did not create but made creation hear the
Creator’s words. It brought harmony to the chaos.
Just as the Holy Spirit was there at the
beginning of creation and brought the harmony need for creation. The Holy
Spirit is the first to awaken faith in us. The Holy Spirit is always available to
bring the harmony to our spirit that seeks to be a child of God, to know the
peace and love of Christ, and to seek the joy that that is the kingdom of
heaven. The Holy Spirit makes us now Christ. The Holy Spirit makes us
hear the Father’s word and to know his grace. It
brings us to harmony in our faith.
The funny thing is that when I was through, I
wanted to read on thing that was written on my notes. So I looked down to
say a prayer. I stuttered
and stumbled all over it. Maybe the Holy Spirit did not want people to
hear it because it was not what God wanted me to say.
The Holy Spirit communicates to us the new life
that God the father bestows on us through Jesus Christ. (CCC 684)
Holy Spirit does not
speak of the Holy Spirit; Makes us hear the Fathers words; Makes known to us
Christ (CCC 687)
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