Life in the Spirit Session 3 – The New Life Veni Creator

• Come, O Creator Spirit blest, • and in our souls take up Thy rest; • come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, • to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.

• Great Paraclete, to Thee we cry, • O highest gift of God Most High, • O fount of life and fire of love, • and sweet anointing from above. Veni Creator

• Thou dost appear in sevenfold dower; • The sign of God almighty’s power; • The Father’s promise making rich • With saving truth our earthly speech.

• Kindle our senses from above, • and make our hearts overflow with love; • with patience firm and virtue high • the weakness of our flesh supply. Veni Creator

• Far from us drive the foe we dread, • and grant us Thy true peace instead; • so shall we not, with Thee for guide, • turn from the path of life aside.

• Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow, • the Father and the Son to know; • and Thee, through endless times confessed, • of both the eternal Spirit blest. Veni Creator

• All glory while the ages run, • Be to the Father and the Son, • Who rose from death the same to Thee • O Holy Ghost eternally.

• Amen. Introduction

• Patty Mansfield • Part of the Duquesne weekend • Has helped people to experience the Lord • Awarded by Benedict New Life in the

• Cure of Ars:

• If you ask the of heaven how they got there they would answer “For having obeyed the Holy Spirit.”

• If you asked the damned in hell how they got there, they would answer, “For having resisted the Holy Spirit.” Relationship with the Holy Spirit • John XXIII: • the prayer opening Vatican Council II • “Divine Spirit, renew your wonders in this our day, as by a new ” Paul VI

• “More than once we have asked ourselves what the greatest needs of the Church are …what is the primary and ultimate need of this beloved Church of ours? • We must say it with holy fear because, as you know, this concerns the mystery of the Church, her life: • This need is the Spirit,… • the Church needs her perennial Pentecost; • she needs fire in her heart, • words on her lips, • a glance that is prophetic.” • (General Audience on November 29, 1972) Blessed Elena Guerra

• Inspired to write to Pope Leo XIII • Call the entire Church to rediscover the Holy Spirit • To experience a perennial Pentecost • “Pentecost is not over, in fact its continually going on in every time and in every place because the Holy Spirit desired to give Himself to all men and all who want Him can always receive Him. So we don’t have to envy the apostles and the first believers, we only have to dispose ourselves like them to receive Him well, and He will come to us just as He came to them.” Blessed Elena Guerra

• “Its necessary that we return to the Holy Spirit so that the Holy Spirit may return to us.”

• “O, would that the words, ‘Come Holy Spirit” would be on the lips of Catholics as often as the Hail Mary full of grace.”

• “The mystery of Pentecost is a permanent mystery. The Spirit continues to come to all souls who truly desire Him. If only they want Him. If only they invoke Him. If only they prepare a place for Him in their hearts. … But who is hungry enough? Who is thirsty enough? How is humble enough? Who is zealous enough?” St. John Paul II

• “Open yourselves docilely to the gifts of the Spirit! Accept gratefully and obediently the charisms which the Spirit never ceases to bestow on us!” http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1998/may/ documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19980530_riflessioni_en.html Benedict XVI

• “Let us rediscover, dear brothers and sisters, the beauty of being baptized in the Holy Spirit” http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-invites-a- rediscovery-of-baptism-s-beauty Personal Testimony

• Life in the Spirit

• Hunger for the Word of God • Fear of the Father’s plan for me leaves • Galatians 4:6 “And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’” • Romans 8:15-16 “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God” Life in the Spirit

• 1 Corinthians 12: 3 “no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit.” • Everything in our lives comes under the Lordship of Jesus • Vocation • Marriage • Family • Finances • Sexuality • What I watch on TV The Holy Spirit

• The soul’s most welcome guest • Praying for people – prompting of the move of the Holy Spirit • Being obedient to the gifts of the Holy Spirit

• Peace / Love / Joy Bishop Bergoglio being prayed with by Fr. Cantalamessa and members of the Catholic and Protestant pentecostals. Preparing

• Stir up your hunger

• Repent – say no to sin and yes to God

• Anticipate the gift of the Holy Spirit

• THERE IS MORE!!!

• Iguazu Falls (Argentina) Jump into the River! • 47:3-6 • Going on eastward with a line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the water; and it was ankle-deep. • Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water; and it was knee- deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water; and it was up to the loins. • Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. • And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Christ Makes a Difference

• What does it mean to be baptized in the Spirit?

• How do I understand what the gift of tongues is? Why should someone want to pray in tongues? Next Session

• May 2nd “Receiving God’s Gifts” with Peter Herbeck

• Homework – • Read the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles • Paul’s letter to the 1 Corinthians Chapter 12 - 14 • Paul’s letter to Ephesians Chapter 4 • AND read John Paul II’s address on Pentecost