Semnar on HS Revised

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Outline of Interaction

A. The Identity of the Holy Spirit

B. Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit

C. Symbols of the Holy SpiritD. The Activity of the Holy Spirit

E. The Relevance of the Holy Spirit in

our Life as Religious EducatorsF. Discerning-Responding to the Holy

Spirit


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What is the

commonality amongthem?


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They are led by the

SPIRIT!


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Who is the Holy Spirit?

(Stop-Watch Questions)

Mechanics:

1. We are going to share with one another some ofour ideas about the Holy Spirit. Each person in

turn will give a one-sentence answer to the

questions I ask.

2. The person next to me shall be the first one to

answer the question. The persons on his/her right

will add something to the answer till I call stop.


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(Stop-Watch Questions)

Questions:

1.When you think of the Holy Spirit, what doesyour mental image of Him look like?

2.When you think about the Holy Spirit, what do

you imagine Him doing?


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The FACT is:

The Holy Spirit is the least known Person

of the Holy Trinity and yet plays anequally major role in our Christian life.


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DIFFICULTIES?

1. The Spirit is difficult to imaginebecause He has no shape or form, and

like the wind . . . you do not know

where it comes from or where itgoes(Jn 3:8).


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DIFFICULTIES?

2. We do not so much think about the Spirit

with our head, making Him the object ofour thought. Rather, it is more like

becoming conscious ofthe Holy Spirits

presence in the deepest level of ourhearts,ourloob


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DIFFICULTIES?

3. Filipinos are pond of seeing extraordinary

spiritual gifts.We are especially attracted to

ecstasies, miracles, visions, and prophecies.

This fascination can lead to many distorted

notions of the Spirit. It also obscures the

more important ordinary gifts of the

Spirit, especially the highest gift, divineLove (cf. Gal 5:22; 1 Cor 13).


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A. The IDENTITY of the HOLY SPIRIT

Etymology: The word Spirit:Spirit Hebrew word ofruah which means breath, air, wind. Th

word ghost comes from the Anglo Saxon ghast which later

developed into gust which means a violent flurry of wind.

Titles:

Paraclete means he who is called to ones side, advocate as us

John 14:15-16. He is also called the Consoler, the Spirit of Trut

Paul calls Him as the Spirit of the promise, the Spirit of adoptioSpirit of Christ and for St. Peter, the Spirit of glory.


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We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, thGiver of life, who proceeds from the Father

and the Son. With the Father and the Son

He is worshipped and glorified. He hasspoken through the prophets.

-(Nicene Creed)


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1322. In the Nicene Creed we identify the

Holy Spirit as Lord, the GiverofLife. The lifewhich the Spirit shares with us is the divine life,

the life of God who is love (cf. 1 Jn 4:8).Now in

Johns Gospel the Holy Spirit is called theParaclete: literally, he who is calledto help.

Thus the Spirit is ourAdvocate, Helper,

Counsellor. The life He inspires in us, then, is a

life that supports, strengthens, and guides,precisely because it brings us in intimacy with

Jesus (cf. CCC 692).


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1325. With the Father and the Son He

is worshipped and glorified is perhaps themost suggestive part of the Nicene Creeds

description of the Holy Spirit. For it indicates

first that it is in liturgical worship that wemost often experience the Spirit. Second, in

this worship the Spirit is experienced as on

our side: He is within us as we pray unitedtogether in one Body under Jesus Christ our

Head, to Our Father.


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The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Father and

the Son, the Third Person of the BlessedTrinity.

He is the breath and the fruit of the love of theFather and Son. As Giver of Life, the Spirit

vivifies the Church, our sacramental and moral

life, and our resurrection to life everlasting.

The love of God has been poured out into

our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been

given us (Rom 5:5).


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Creative Activity (10 minutes)

What is the relevance ofknowing the identity

of the Holy Spirit:

1. in your life as a volunteercatechist?

2. in the life of a grade six (6)

public school student?

You may answer this question

using one of these media:

drawing, poem, essay, song

and others.

Relevance tomy life

Relevance tomy student


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B. The gifts and Fruits

of theHoly Spirit


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Dear Jesus,

Since I have been behaving

very well last year, perhaps its

time for you to give me a new

bike as a gift .

Your friend, Good boy johnny


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?


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Dear Jesus,

Well...Last year I really tried my

best to be goodI did a few badthings though, will you please

give me a new bike.

Your friend , boy johnny.


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? ?


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Dear Jesus,

Honestly speakingI think Ive

been so bad and did onlya few good things last yearwill

you still give me a new bike?

Its me Johnny


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???


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Jesus,

If you wanna see your mother

again, you better give me anew bikeand hurry up

or else

you know who I am.


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B. The gifts and Fruits of the Spirit

The Holy Spirit is the source of gracesand gifts.

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit help the to people

to further their sanctification and help completeand perfect the virtues of those who receive

them.

What gifts? There are two kinds: those thatsanctify us and those that grant extraordinary

favors to help us in our Christian lives and

ministries.


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Wisdom: The wisdom of God is

contrary to the wisdom of theworld. The Holy Spirit's gift ofwisdom helps us detach fromthe world and cherish only what

is of heaven. This wisdom, usedin everyday life, is whatseparates us from our old, pre-

converted ways.


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Understanding: What don't you

understand about a Churchteaching or the ways of faith? Ask the

Holy Spirit for understanding. He willenlighten you and gift you with an

understanding that makes sense,sometimes quickly and sometimesgradually, to the extent that it's

necessary for your salvation and yourwork for God's kingdom.


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Counsel: Are you ever indecisive? Orhesitant and full of doubts about yourchoices? The Holy Spirit guides us and

instructs us so that we can make theright decisions. My favorite prayer for

this is, "Lord, open the doors of

opportunities in the way I should go,

and close all doors that leadelsewhere." And he does!


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Fortitude: Getting weary fromtrials? The Holy Spirit gives ussupernatural courage to

persist and overcomeobstacles and difficulties thatarise as we follow Jesus in the

mission and in our everydaylives.


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Knowledge: We often wish God would send mea fax that spells out his plans. However, theHoly Spirit is always available to direct us on thepaths we should follow, even supernaturally ifnecessary. He also points out the dangers toavoid and the goals to reach. Listen to thesongs, the scriptures, and the people that Godputs "coincidentally" into your day. If what theysay sounds familiar because the Holy Spirit has

already been telling your heart the same thing,trust the message.


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Piety (godliness): From where does

our desire come to embrace a lifeof holiness or to follow Christ inservice and ministry? From the

Holy Spirit! We are holy becausethe Spirit of God is holy.


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Fear of the Lord (Wonder and Awe) - With the

gift of wonder and awe (fear of the lord), we areaware of the glory and majesty of God. A person with

wonder and awe knows that God is the perfection of

all we desire: perfect knowledge, perfect goodness,

perfect power, and perfect love. This gift is describedby Aquinas as a fear of separating oneself from God.

He describes the gift as a "filial fear," like a child's

fear of offending his father, rather than a "servile

fear," that is, a fear of punishment.


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In 1 Corinthians 12:6-11 (see also 1 Cor. 12:28-31

and Romans 12:6-8) there are nine extraordinary

gifts (charismata) listed. These do not directly aidus in our sanctification, but the Holy Spirit

provides them to help us do the will of the Lord in

everyday life and in ministry. Unlike the seven

sanctifying gifts, they are not bestowed equallyamong Christians but are provided according to

need, our roles and purposes in the Body of

Christ, and the specific situations into which

Christ leads us.


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1. Speaking with Wisdom

2. Speaking with knowledge

3. Faith

4. Healing

5. Miracles6. Prophecy

7. Discerning of spirits

8. Speaking in tongues9. Interpreting tongues


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The fruits of life in the Spirit

(Gal. 5:22)In addition to gifts of the Spirit, there

are fruits of the Spirit, i.e., the

products of a life lived closelyconnected to the Spirit of God. They

are supernatural, because these fruits

come directly from the Holy Spiritthrough our connection to him. The

fruit of a life lived in God is good

works.


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1. The love we have for others is an

action of the Holy Spirit. God's love

flows into us and out of us due to thepower of the Spirit that's at work in us.


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2. Joy is an action of the Holy Spirit

that stirs up supernaturally within us,

even during bad times, because welive in God and he lives in us.


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3. Peace is a gift from Jesus, but it's

an action of the Holy Spirit, not as the

world gives peace, but as only Godcan give it when we stay closely

connected to him.


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4. Patience is the fruit that enables us tocontinue to bear up under difficult

circumstances, not with a passive complacency,

but with a hopeful fortitude that actively resists

weariness and defeat. Hebrews 10:36 says "For

you have need of endurance, so that after you

have done the will of God, you may receive the

promise."


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5. Kindness is an action of the Holy

Spirit. You know it's supernatural when

you feel upset or angry or hurt andyet are able to do an act of kindness

for your enemy.


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6. Generosity is the fruit of knowing,

through the Holy Spirit, that God has beengenerous with us and enables us, in turn,

to be generous with others. It's how Goddistributes everything he provides. When

we live in the Holy Spirit, we know we cantrust God. The Holy Spirit will counsel us inhow and when and where to share what

God has given us, and he won't leave usdestitute from following his directions.


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7. Faithfulness is the Holy Spirit at work

in us to keep us close to God anddetermined to obey his will. It gives us

our hunger for reading the Bible and

finding other opportunities to grow inour faith. It produces our desire to

follow Christ, and it's what changes

us when we convert from a worldlylifestyle to the Christian lifestyle.


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8. Gentleness is the soft, calm voice

when we would otherwise be loudand angry. It's the patient, slow

approach to evangelizing a resistant

unbeliever or a non-church-goingCatholic.


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9. Self-control is the fruit of a life lived in God.

When the Holy Spirit is active within us, we canchoose to love when it's difficult to love, we can

choose the joy of Christ over the temporary

happiness that comes from making our lives easier,

we can choose the peace of Christ over the world'sway of gaining peace, we can be kind when we

don't feel like being kind, we can be generous

when it goes against our fears and selfishness, wecan be faithful when it doesn't make sense to

follow Christ


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Other Fruits:

Modesty, Endurance, and Chastity.


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Symbols of the Holy Spirit

1. Water 5. Seal

2. Oil 6. Hand

3. Fire 7. Finger

4. Cloud and Light 8. Dove


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Reflection Activity (15 minutes)

1. Which gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit arevery evident in your life? Which are lacking?

Why?

2. How can you nourish and sustain thepresence of the Holy Spirit in your life?

3. Based on your experience, what other

symbol can you use to refer to the presence

of the Holy Spirit in your life? Why?


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Assignment

1. Create a Jingle (English/Tagalog or mixed)that includes everything about the Holy

Spirit.

2. Be ready for a short presentation onThursday afternoon.


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PRAYERTOTHE HOLY SPIRIT

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithfuland kindle in them the fire of your love. Sendforth your Spirit and they shall be created. AndYou shall renew the face of the earth.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did

instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that bythe same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise andever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ,Our Lord, Amen.


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Come Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithfuland kindle in them the fire of your love. Sendforth your Spirit and they shall be created. AndYou shall renew the face of the earth.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, didinstruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the

same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and everenjoy His consolations, Through Christ, Our Lord,Amen.


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Baptized into the life of the Spirit

- to be born of water AND

spirit. Why?

- the effects of the mass onthese gifts?


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How passionately is the fire of

the Holy Spirit burning withinyou?

Are the gifts and fruits of theSpirit filling your life and ministry?


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The commonly accepted principles of healthcare ethics include:

1. Respect for Autonomy2. Principle of Nonmaleficence

3. Principle of Beneficence

4. Principle of Justice


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1. Principle of Autonomy

In health care decisions, our respect for the

autonomy of the patient would, in common

parlance, mean that the patient has the capacityto act intentionally, with understanding, and

without controlling influences that would

mitigate against a free and voluntary act. This

principle is the basis for the practice of "informedconsent" in the physician/patient transaction

regarding health care.


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6th & 9th

Commandments


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Thou shall not commit

adultery.

Thou shall not covet thyneighbors wife.


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Human Sexuality

Our sexuality is viewed as a fundamentalcomponent of personality, a good thing

created by God, restored by the power of

Jesus Christ and enriched by the savingactivity of the church, and by which the

whole person enters into communication

with others. Therefore sexuality is not thesame as the sex act. All


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yGentleness is the soft, calm voice



unbeliever or a non-church-goingCatholic. The Holy Spirit is a

gentleman, and when we let himconsume our lives with his fire, we find

it much easier to be gentle with

others.


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others.


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others.


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GRACE and the Gifts of theHoly Spirit


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But by the grace of God I amwhat I am, and in me his gracehas not been fruitless in fact, I

have labored m ore than any ofthem, yet not I, but the grace ofGod with me.. ( 1Cor. 15:10)


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What is grace?

- Living Water (John 4:10)

-participation of in the verylife of God (John 15:1, 4-5)

- the divine life in us

Kinds of grace:


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Kinds of grace:

1. SANCTIFYING GRACE - the divine life

in us. That which actually makes uspartakers of the divine nature as St.

Peter puts it. It is an abiding quality,or a habit infused into the soul,

raising it to the level of the divine, so

that, while remaining human, it livesin an entirely new and supernatural

plane.

2. ACTUAL GRACE - the helps to

protect it and make it grow.


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GRACE is that by which the soulis supernaturally alive.

-is a gift of God. Nothing in us,

and nothing we can do will everproduce it in us or make itincrease.


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Sacraments means of grace,

whereby we ourselves draw fromthe riches of his treasurehouse.


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What does sanctifying grace makeus?Children of the Father and heirs

of heaven; brothers and sisters of

Christ; living temples of the HolySpirit.


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When are we in a state of grace?We are in a state of grace as

long as we are free from mortalsin.


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What is the great gift of Christ to

us?

The great gift of Christ is thedivine life in us with the helps to

protect it and make it grow.


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How can we grow in the divinelife?

We can grow in the divine life

through prayers, good works andespecially through the Holy

Sacrifice of the Mass and the

sacraments.


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How does God help us in ourdivine life?

God helps us in our divine

life by giving light to our mind,love to our heart and strength to

our will.


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What graces does God give to allmen?God gives to all men the

grace necessary to live according

to their state in life and save theirsouls.


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Is it enough that God give us His

grace to sanctify us?

To sanctify us, it is not enoughthat God gives us His grace; we

must also cooperate with it.


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Until the disciples of Jesus received the

gift of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, theThird Person of the Trinity had not yetdescended to the Earth to dwell here.

After Jesus ascended to heaven, the

Holy Spirit came down to be

incarnated, so to speak, in all believers not just the Apostles and not just for

special occasions. God's Spirit hasbeen living with us and dwelling within

us ever since.


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It is this Person of the Holy Trinitywho forgives sins and sanctifies

souls. In the confessional, the priest

sits in for Jesus and for the wholeBody of Christ, the Church. Butabsolution is an action of the Holy

Spirit


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The Holy Spirit gives us the love of

God, for our own enjoyment and toshare with others, even those whoare most difficult to love.

The Holy Spirit is truth, providestruth, explains truth.


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The Holy Spirit dwells in our

bodies and sanctifies them...(1 Cor. 3:16 and 6:19)

therefore, the Holy Spirit willsomeday raise our bodies fromdeath. (See Romans 8:11.)

The Holy Spirit strengthens ourfaith. (See Acts 6:5.)


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The Holy Spirit gives us divine

wisdom. (See Acts 6:3.)The Holy Spirit testifies to Christ, i.e.,

he confirms the validity of Jesus and

his teachings by stirring the hearts ofpeople when they're ready to grow

in understanding the faith.

(See John 15:26.)


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The Holy Spirit guides us in our work

for God's kingdom. (Acts 8:29)The Holy Spirit inspires us in our roles

as prophets or messengers of thekingdom.


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The gifts of the Spirit

The Holy Spirit is the source of gracesand gifts.

What gifts? There are two kinds:those that sanctify us and those

that grant extraordinary favors to

help us in our Christian lives andministries.


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Wisdom: The wisdom of God is

contrary to the wisdom of theworld. The Holy Spirit's gift ofwisdom helps us detach from

the world and cherish only whatis of heaven. This wisdom, usedin everyday life, is what

separates us from our old, pre-converted ways.


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Understanding: What don't you

understand about a Church

teaching or the ways of faith? Ask theHoly Spirit for understanding. He willenlighten you and gift you with an

understanding that makes sense,sometimes quickly and sometimesgradually, to the extent that it's

necessary for your salvation and yourwork for God's kingdom.


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Fortitude: Getting weary fromtrials? The Holy Spirit gives ussupernatural courage to

persist and overcome

obstacles and difficulties thatarise as we follow Jesus in the

mission and in our everyday

lives.


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Knowledge: We often wish God would send mea fax that spells out his plans. However, the

Holy Spirit is always available to direct us on thepaths we should follow, even supernaturally ifnecessary. He also points out the dangers toavoid and the goals to reach. Listen to the

songs, the scriptures, and the people that Godputs "coincidentally" into your day. If what theysay sounds familiar because the Holy Spirit hasalready been telling your heart the same thing,

trust the message.


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Piety (godliness): From where doesour desire come to embrace a lifeof holiness or to follow Christ in

service and ministry? From theHoly Spirit! We are holy becausethe Spirit of God is holy.


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Fear of the Lord: Once we'vebeen converted, respect for Godfeels instinctive, doesn't it? That's

because it's purely a gift from theHoly Spirit. The more enlivened ourrelationship with the Spirit is, the

more we hate sin, because he isholy and his holiness transforms us.


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Nine charismata according to 1Cor. 12:6-11:

Speaking with Wisdom Speaking with knowledge

Faith

Healing Miracles


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Nine charismata according to 1Cor. 12:6-11:

6. Prophecy7. Discerning of spirits

8. Speaking in tongues

9. Interpreting tongues



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In addition to gifts of the Spirit, thereare fruits of the Spirit, i.e., the

products of a life lived closely

connected to the Spirit of God. Theyare supernatural, because these fruitscome directly from the Holy Spirit

through our connection to him. Thefruit of a life lived in God is goodworks.


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yThe love we have for others is an

action of the Holy Spirit. God's loveflows into us and out of us due to thepower of the Spirit that's at work in us.


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yJoy is an action of the Holy Spirit that

stirs up supernaturally within us, evenduring bad times, because we live in

God and he lives in us.


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yPeace is a gift from Jesus, but it's an

action of the Holy Spirit, not as theworld gives peace, but as only God

can give it when we stay closely

connected to him.


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yKindness is an action of the Holy

Spirit. You know it's supernatural whenyou feel upset or angry or hurt and

yet are able to do an act of kindness

for your enemy.

G it i th f it f k i th h


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yGenerosity is the fruit of knowing, through

the Holy Spirit, that God has been

generous with us and enables us, in turn,to be generous with others. It's how Goddistributes everything he provides. When

we live in the Holy Spirit, we know we cantrust God. The Holy Spirit will counsel us inhow and when and where to share what

God has given us, and he won't leave usdestitute from following his directions.

F ithf l i th H l S i it t k


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yFaithfulness is the Holy Spirit at workin us to keep us close to God and

determined to obey his will. It gives us

our hunger for reading the Bible andfinding other opportunities to grow in

the faith, as happened when you

registered for this Web course. Itproduces our desire to follow Christ,and it's what changed us when we

converted from a worldly lifestyle tothe Christian lifestyle.

G tl i th ft l i


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yGentleness is the soft, calm voicewhen we would otherwise be loud

and angry. It's the patient, slow

approach to evangelizing a resistantunbeliever or a non-church-going

Catholic. The Holy Spirit is a



others.


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Baptized into the life of the Spirit

- to be born of water ANDspirit. Why?

- the effects of the mass onthese gifts?


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How passionately is the fire of

the Holy Spirit burning withinyou?

Are the gifts and fruits of theSpirit filling your life and ministry?


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The commonly accepted principles of healthcare ethics include:

1. Respect for Autonomy2. Principle of Nonmaleficence

3. Principle of Beneficence

4. Principle of Justice


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1. Principle of Autonomy

In health care decisions, our respect for the

autonomy of the patient would, in common

parlance, mean that the patient has the capacity

to act intentionally, with understanding, and

without controlling influences that would

mitigate against a free and voluntary act. This

principle is the basis for the practice of "informedconsent" in the physician/patient transaction

regarding health care.


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6th & 9th

Commandments


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Thou shall not commit

adultery.

Thou shall not covet thy

neighbors wife.

H S lit


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Human Sexuality

Our sexuality is viewed as a fundamentalcomponent of personality, a good thing

created by God, restored by the power of

Jesus Christ and enriched by the savingactivity of the church, and by which the

whole person enters into communication

with others. Therefore sexuality is not the

same as the sex act. All

Gentleness is the soft calm voice


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it much easier to be gentle withothers.

Gentleness is the soft calm voice


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