THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHURCHARTICLES 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1INut0Gi09Q

Utube Bishop Barron on the Holy Sprit

PROMISE FULFILLED: "Thus says the Lord: I will pour out my spirit upon all. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dreams, your young men will shall see visions; even upon the servants and the handmaids, in those days,

I will pour out my spirit. And I will work wonders in the heavens and the earth….. --Joel 3

JEWISH FEAST OF PENTECOST FULFILLED AT PENTECOST WHEN SPIRIT

CAME UPON THAT FIRST COMMUNITY AND TRANSFORMED THEM (LK.'S ACCOUNT)

IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT MAKES THE PERSON AND MISSION OF CHRIST PRESENT TO US AND THIS SPIRIT DWELLS WITHIN US

JOHN'S ACCOUNT OF PENTECOST SOURCE OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY;

ACTIVATES THE GIFTS OF BAPTISM EMPOWERS US TO BE CHURCH; HOLY

SPIRIT ANIMATES, SANCTIFIES AND BUILDS UP THE CHURCH

CALLS US INTO A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

LEADERSHIP OF THE MAGISTERIUM AND THE GIFT OF INDEFECTIBILITY : THE CHURCH, ESTABLISHED BY CHRIST, WILL REMAIN, UNCORRUPTED AND FAITHFUL TO CHRIST'S TEACHING, UNTIL THE END OF HUMAN HISTORY.

THE GIFT OF INDEFECTIBILITY BELONGS TO THE CHURCH ALONE, AND NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE CHURCH

AND INFALLIBILITY: --THE POPE, AS THE SUPREME PASTOR AND TEACHER OF ALL THE FAITHFUL, IN UNION WITH ALL THE BISHOPS, MAY PROCLAIM INFALLIBLE TEACHING ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY. WHEN A POPE MAKES SUCH A DEFINITIVE TEACHING (DOGMA) IT IS KNOWN AS BEING EX CATHEDRA.

THIS MEANS "FROM THE CHAIR" OR WITH THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST AND ST. PETER…..THIS ONLY APPLIES TO VERY SELECT AND RARE CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO FAITH AND MORALS

THE ARE GIFTS TO THE CHURCH AND MUST ALWAYS BE SEEN AS GUIDED BY THE H.S

ROLE OF THE LAITY IS CRITICAL TO THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH

ST. PAUL REMINDS US THAT THE VARIOUS GIFTS (CHARISMS) DIFFER BUT ARE DIRECTED TO THE SAME END

And He gave some (gifts/charisms) as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-13

THIS IS BOTH THE GIFT AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL GIVEN IN BAPTISM

ST. PAUL LISTS SOME OF THESE CHARISMS IN HIS LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS:

KNOWLEDGE/WISDOM, FAITH, GIFTS OF HEALING, MIGHTY DEEDS, PROPHECY, DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS, TONGUES AND THEIR INTERPRETATION

ORDINARY CHARISMS SUCH AS TEACHING, PARENTING, PARISH MINISTRY, DOCTORS/NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS ESP. THOSE WORKING FOR THE DISADVANTAGED TO NAME BUT A FEW

EXTRAORDINARY CHARISMS GIVEN TO SOME SUCH AS HEALINGS, GIFT OF TONGUES

CHARISMS OF LEADERSHIP AND CAN BE BOTH CLERGY AND LAITY

"EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING" TO CONTRIBUTE --- VERY MUCH LIKE A TEAM…..EACH ONE PLAYING OUT THEIR GIFTS BUT WORKING AS ONE IN ORDER TO WIN

WHILE WE CAN IDENTIFY CERTAIN WORKS OF THE TRINITY, FATHER (CREATOR), SON (REDEEMER), HOLY SPIRIT (SANCTIFIER), ALL WORK OF THE TRINITY AS GOD IS ONE

NOVEL: THE SHACK (extra credit; read novel and then write three paragraph summary how you found the notion of the Trinity helpful or not)

The Trinity…..artist Salvador Dali

FINALLY, IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT TEACHES US ENCOURAGES AND EMPOWERS US TO PRAY EVEN WHEN OUR PRAYER IS NOT PERFECT, HOLY SPIRIT TAKES OUR PRAY IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT MAKES SENSE.

DIFFERENT FORMS OF PRAYER:

BLESSING PETITION

INTERCESSION THANKSGIVING

PRAISEPRAYER: SEEKING TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH GOD, PRAYING ONLY FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL FOR US AND THE POWER TO CARRY IT OUT………………………..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctjG4MjJwEA

"Hail Holy Queen", Sister Act