Understanding the Holy Spirit - Explaining the Faith
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💫 Short Summary
The video series delves into the understanding of the Holy Spirit, emphasizing the interconnectedness within the Trinity and its role in empowering believers for spiritual renewal. It covers the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit, the unforgivable sin, and the importance of seeking forgiveness and living a virtuous life guided by spiritual gifts. The sessions highlight the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in connecting individuals to God, fostering spiritual growth, and spreading the message of Jesus Christ through community engagement and prayer.
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Introduction to the Holy Spirit session with Father Chris Alar.
02:38Father Alar highlights the significance of the Holy Spirit in Christianity and announces a series on the Trinity.
Viewers are encouraged to participate in live sessions to explore theological concepts further.
Information on accessing the full series and joining discussions is provided.
The session concludes with a prayer for spiritual renewal and unity, invoking the Holy Spirit's presence and guidance.
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Understanding the Holy Trinity and the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
04:55The Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son, showcasing their distinct yet unified nature.
Love is emphasized as the bond between persons, with the love between the Father and the Son giving rise to the Holy Spirit.
The role of the Holy Spirit in creation is discussed, along with the significance of the Hebrew word 'Ruach' for Spirit.
The segment provides insights into the interconnectedness and unity within the Trinity.
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The concept of the Holy Spirit as God's personal presence and invisible energy.
10:33The Holy Spirit is compared to wind and breath, symbolizing power and life sustenance.
God's Spirit empowers individuals like Joseph and Bezalel for specific tasks.
Prophets are empowered by the Holy Spirit to see history from God's perspective.
The human struggle with evil and chaos leads to the need for God's Spirit to transform hearts and empower love for God and others, ultimately fulfilled through Jesus.
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The Role of the Holy Spirit in Empowering Jesus.
13:03The segment emphasizes the opposition Jesus faced from religious leaders.
It explores the inseparable relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Invoking Mary is highlighted as a way to connect with the Holy Spirit and reach the Father.
Insights into the Trinity and the interconnected roles of Jesus and the Holy Spirit are provided.
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Role of the Holy Spirit in sanctification and reconciliation of believers.
20:47The Holy Spirit is essential for making believers holy and reconciling them to God through the sacraments.
The Spirit aids believers in understanding and hearing the Word of God, revealing God's thoughts and intentions.
Unlike the Father and Son, the Holy Spirit does not speak independently but works through believers to convey God's message.
The Church looks to the Old Testament for insights into the Holy Spirit's role in communicating God's Word.
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The role of the Holy Spirit in revealing God the Father and God the Son.
24:05Mary's preparation by the Holy Spirit to be a dwelling place for Jesus.
Jesus promising the apostles the Holy Spirit after His ascension.
The Holy Spirit convicting us of sin and leading to conversion.
Humanity's misunderstanding of sin, righteousness, and judgment without the Holy Spirit.
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The role of the Holy Spirit in interpreting Jesus and revealing the Father.
29:26Jesus needed to ascend to the Father before the Spirit could fully carry out His role.
The Spirit guides believers into the teachings of Jesus, beginning with Pentecost.
Disciples were able to share in God's life through the Holy Spirit, witnessing both oral and written teachings.
The Spirit's focus is always on the Son, speaking only what He hears and revealing the Father through the Son.
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The importance of the Father as the ultimate source and focus for the Trinity's community of persons.
36:01The role of the Son as the way to the Father, and the Holy Spirit providing the power to reach Him.
The Sacrament of Confirmation is a way to receive the Holy Spirit's strength and increase in sanctifying grace.
The comparison of believers receiving the Holy Spirit at Confirmation to the Apostles at Pentecost for spiritual maturity.
Explanation of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit as permanent dispositions to follow His promptings.
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The importance of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
39:57Wisdom is highlighted as the greatest gift, allowing individuals to see things from God's perspective.
Understanding involves comprehending how to live as a follower of Christ.
Knowledge pertains to learning about the teachings of the Church.
Piety emphasizes reverence for God and the Church, and Counsel provides supernatural intuition for good decision-making.
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Importance of Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit in achieving eternal glory.
46:11Gifts of the Holy Spirit enable individuals to do good things.
Fruits of the Holy Spirit are the effects of living according to the Spirit, including kindness, generosity, peace, and more.
The speaker emphasizes the need to nurture the Gifts to bear fruit in one's life.
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The importance of finding peace through trust in God's mercy and living a righteous life.
52:47Virtues such as patience, modesty, and faithfulness are highlighted as fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Gifts like 'Fear the Lord' lead to virtues like chastity.
The role of a spiritual director in guiding individuals to cooperate with the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit.
Enabling spiritual progress and living a virtuous life through the guidance of a spiritual director.
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The Holy Spirit's role in Creation, prophecy, and the birth of the universal Church.
55:30The Holy Spirit breathes life into beings and is the Love between the Father and Son.
Prophets like Moses are channels through which the Holy Spirit speaks and bestows gifts.
Anointing figures like King David and John the Baptist show the Holy Spirit's presence.
The formation of the Church, as seen in Acts 2:2 during Pentecost, is attributed to the Holy Spirit.
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Receiving the Holy Spirit through the sacraments.
59:47Baptism is the first sacrament where one receives the seed of faith.
Confirmation provides the strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith boldly.
Emphasis on the resurrection of the dead in the Creed.
Union of Christ and Creation in the Life of the World to come through the Holy Spirit.
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Symbols of the Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments are discussed, focusing on the significance of the Dove and its association with baptism and new beginnings.
01:05:20The unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit is explained as a sin of determined malice against goodness itself.
Thomas Aquinas' perspective on sins against the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is explored, highlighting the gravity of sins against goodness.
Insights on forgiveness and the importance of understanding different types of sins are shared in the segment.
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Discussion on the concept of the unforgivable sin and the importance of seeking forgiveness.
01:11:08Three flavors of the unforgivable sin: not caring about God's mercy, believing God won't forgive due to hatred, or thinking one's sins are unforgivable.
Emphasis on avoiding worship of false gods like money, sex, and power, with a focus on vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Warning against attributing power to practices like astrology and palm reading, as they can lead to separation from God's mercy.
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Importance of seeking God's mercy to prevent the sin against the Holy Spirit.
01:15:58Refusal to accept God's mercy leads to eternal loss, but sincere repentance through confession restores the relationship with God.
Invoking the Holy Spirit regularly helps in overcoming sins and developing spiritual gifts to serve the Church and reach Heaven.
Prayer is emphasized as the key to spiritual growth and communion with God.
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Summary of 30 Weeks of Catechism Classes
01:19:56The speaker expresses gratitude for the audience's support and engagement over the past 30 weeks of catechism classes.
Community and Family Development
Highlighting the sense of community and family that has developed through the online sessions.
Encouragement to Spread Jesus Christ's Message
The importance of spreading the message of Jesus Christ through actions as part of the Marian family.
Call to Action
Viewers are urged to subscribe to the YouTube channel to help reach a wider audience.
Closing Prayer
The segment ends with a prayer for blessings and safety for the viewers and their families.
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Viewers express gratitude towards the Marian Fathers for providing spiritual resources during the pandemic.
01:24:57Marian Fathers are credited for answering questions, improving faith, and making viewers feel connected and supported.
The message of hope and healing from the Marian Fathers is deemed essential in current times.
Livestreams, preaching, books, and prayers from the Marian Fathers are appreciated by viewers.
An appeal is made for support on Giving Tuesday to continue spreading Divine Mercy globally.
00:10Well, thank you, everybody, for
joining us on this sort of live
00:16session of Explaining the Faith Series. I'm Father
Chris Alar, and it's great to have you with us.
00:24We're having a really unique day today. Actually,
this talk today is prerecorded but I'm joining you
00:32right now live on the chat. So we are premiering
this video or doing it as a push up live
00:41that is going to be on the topic of the Holy
Spirit that builds from our last week talk on
00:45the Trinity. And I'm going to be with
you actually answering your questions
00:50and contributing to the conversation. This is
a wonderful new way. We're going to try it.
00:56So, we're still with you at 11:00 on Saturday,
even though I'm recording this earlier. I'm
01:00excited to be with you from Michigan because at
that time by Saturday I'll be in another State.
01:07So God bless all of you for your patience.
And I would like to say I apologize. I can't
01:12do both Facebook and YouTube, so I'm going
to be focusing on the YouTube side of this.
01:18If you have any Facebook questions, we'll see
if somebody can get to those later. But live
01:25we have to do YouTube. So, if you consider you
can switch over to our YouTube channel called
01:32Divine Mercy and you can find that link on our
Web page at www.TheDivineMercy.org which also
01:40has a link to Explaining the Faith. Well, God
bless all of you. This is a continuing part of
01:46my series called Explaining the Faith series that
you see on your screen. That is a series of talks
01:52that I've been doing. This is talk number thirty.
God bless all of you. I can't thank you enough for
01:58being here. We've become a family. We've become
a catechism class. We've become a family. We've
02:04become Marian Helpers and I'm so excited to have
all of you. I recognize so many of your names now.
02:11It's wonderful. I hope to meet you all sometime
If you ever can make it to the Shrine.
02:16But this series, as you see on your screen, is
part of the DVD Explaining the Faith. That's
02:20the first 13 talks we have. More will be released
later. But you can get it at ShopMercy.org or on
02:28our 800 number 1 (800) 462-7426 or you can stream
it at TheDivineMercy.org/ExplainingTheFaith.
02:38God Bless. And now for an absolutely awesome
topic, an awesome subject matter, the Holy Spirit,
02:46the forgotten member of the Trinity. Last week
we talked about the Trinity. So if you didn't see
02:51that talk, you can catch up to that a little bit
later. But in it, we talked briefly about the Holy
02:58Spirit. Today we're going to do that. Now. I'm
really excited to tell you that this plans my next
03:05four weeks of Saturday talks, because
today I'll be doing the Holy Spirit.
03:11Next Saturday I'll be.. So today is the
third person of the Trinity. The next week,
03:16next Saturday, I'll be doing the second person of
the Trinity. The person of Jesus. Who was Jesus?
03:22In the following week, I'll be doing
the first person of the Trinity. So
03:26I'm kind of going in reverse order. God the
Father, and especially the Old Testament.
03:33Like so many of us, do not understand the Old
Testament when it says, God says, kill those
03:38people and things like that. We're going to
explain the Old Testament that God the Father
03:44and the first person of the Trinity. And then
the following week, the fourth week after that,
03:49we will be talking about the Ten Commandments
and the seven deadly sins, which really are
03:55misunderstood in our world today. So the next
four weeks, we're excited If you can join us
04:01each Saturday again at 11:00. Those other talks
will all be live. But today, we'll see how it
04:06goes with me answering being live with you on the
chat. All right. God bless everybody. And let's
04:11begin with a prayer, In the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Come,
04:17Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and enkindle in them the fire of Your love, Who,
04:22through the diversity of all tongues, has brought
the nations together in the unity of faith.
04:27Send forth Your Spirit and we shall be created,
and You will renew the face of the Earth.
04:32And we ask You, Heavenly Father, to give
us this gift of Your Spirit. Amen. In the
04:40name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Trinity is so
04:48beautiful, the love they share, and the
Holy Spirit is where I want to begin.
04:55Because, remember, we all come from God the
Father and God the Father is revealed by the Son,
05:02and the Son is revealed by the Holy Spirit. So,
if we want to get back to God the Father from
05:08where we came, we're going to start with the
Holy Spirit. Next week, God the Son, and the
05:14following week, God the Father to get back to our
home, and then understand the message of the Ten
05:21Commandments and seven deadly sins. All right.
So, today's topic, as you saw on the screen,
05:26is Understanding the Holy Spirit, If we can.
You know, look at our first slide here. last
05:33week. Let's do a quick summary here. Last
week we talked about this. The Holy Spirit,
05:39okay, is basically the same substance or
same nature as the Father and the Son.
05:46So, look at your diagram there. The Father,
let s link it to the middle there, which is God
05:52the Father, is God the Son, is God the
Holy Spirit. But, the Father is not the
06:01Son. The Son is not the Holy Spirit,
and the Holy Spirit is not the Father.
06:07So, this means that they are all one substance
but they are distinct. Okay. Different Persons.
06:14We talked about that last week. If you'd like
to watch that talk later and refresh there.
06:20We said last week that the Son is begotten from
the Father, meaning only the Son comes from the
06:27Father. What about the Holy Spirit? He comes from
both the Father and the Son. So, He proceeds,
06:36whereas the Son is begotten of the Father,
He comes from Him not created, He's uncreated
06:42but he comes from the Father. Whereas the Holy
Spirit comes from both the Father and the son.
06:48A great example we talked about last week was the
family. You have the husband who's like the lover,
06:56the son, who's like the beloved,
and, the love between them is so
07:00great that proceeds from it, is a third person.
That love is so great that a third person comes
07:08from it, it proceeds from it. And that's like the
Holy Spirit, just like a child to the mother and
07:13the father. All right. Let's look at this. Now
we also said last week . So, my first couple
07:19slides are just review. We also said that when
the Father let's take a look at our next slide,
07:24which is God the Father. When the Father thinks
there he is thinking, right? That's his intellect.
07:33He's using His intellect. God has an intellect,
remember? Oh, well, Father, you're making Him like
07:39man. No, man was made like God. We were created
in His image and likeness. So, when the Father
07:45thinks, He thinks of a word, a single word, that's
why He's simple. We're the ones who are complex.
07:54He's simple, infinitely, beautifully simple
and when He thinks, He thinks of a word,
08:02The Word, that is the son. Now, He doesn't just
think that with His intellect, he loves with His
08:13will so he's also love. Now, remember, last week
we said, love is a relationship. Love is not just
08:21something in me and something just in you.
Love is the bond uniting me with you.
08:33It must have two persons. Love must have the lover
and the beloved, and the love between them. So,
08:43if I have love for you and you have love for me,
that's the bond. So, you need persons. I can't
08:51love if I'm the only person. That's why God is
a Community of Persons. All right. That's why.
08:58Look at our next slide. That love that binds the
Father and the Son is called the Holy Spirit.
09:08The love between the Father and the
Son is so great that proceeding from it
09:13is the Holy Spirit. This is why I said we have a
community of Persons. Now, last week, we also said
09:22that when the Father sends His Word,
or the Son. It is powered by a breath,
09:30and that Word of God, the Son and His
breath, the Holy Spirit, the breath,
09:38are at the origin of all being and life of every
creature. That's why the Hebrew word for Spirit
09:49is Ruach. Yeah, a little harsh there,
right? Which means breath or air or wind.
09:57This Ruach, this Ruach, this spirit is who we're
talking about, the Holy Spirit. I Il go through a
10:06ton of material looking to just summarize for you
guys the best way I can. I watch tons, read tons
10:12of books, tons of articles, pull up my seminary
information, I watch tons of YouTube videos,
10:17and I try to bring you the best highlights. The
simple summary that gets you to understand this.
10:22And this video is only three and a half minutes
but stay with me because I think it does a great
10:28job of summarizing what I'm trying to show you.
Voice:
10:33If you've ever heard the phrase, The Holy
Spirit and you want to know what it means,
10:37where do you start?
Narrator:
10:38Well, you have to start on page one of the Bible
where the uncreated world is depicted as this
10:43dark, chaotic place, but then above the chaos,
God's spirit is there, hovering, ready to bring
10:48about life and order and beauty.
Voice:
10:50Okay, but what is God's Spirit?
Narrator: Yeah, so the Spirit is
10:54the way the biblical authors talk about
God's personal presence. The Hebrew word
10:58is Ruach.
Voice:
11:00Ruach
Narrator:
11:00Yeah. You got to clear your throat at the end.
Voice:
11:02So what is it?
Narrator:
11:03Well, Ruach can refer to a number of different
things, but what they all have in common
11:08is energy.
Voice:
11:09Energy How so?
Narrator:
11:10So there's an invisible energy that makes
the clouds move or the tree branches sway.
11:14Voice:
Right. Wind.
11:16Narrator:
So in Hebrew,
11:17that's Ruach.
Voice:
11:18Okay.
Narrator:
11:18Now take a big breath.
Voice:
11:19(Takes deep breath)
Narrator:
11:20So you feel that inside you?
Voice:
11:22Yeah, the air
Narrator:
11:23Well, specifically the energy, right? The
vitality in your body that you get from
11:27breathing deeply. That, too, is Ruach. And this
is the same word used in the Bible to describe
11:34God's personal presence. Just like wind and breath
are invisible, God's spirit is invisible. Wind is
11:40powerful. And so God s Spirit is powerful.
And just as breath keeps us alive, so God's
11:46Spirit sustains all of life.
Voice:
11:48Yeah. Ruach
Narrator:
11:50Now, as we continue on in the story of the Bible,
we see God's Ruach giving special empowerment to
11:55people for specific tasks. The first person
in the Bible this happens to is Joseph.
12:00Voice:
God Spirit enables him to
12:01understand and interpret dreams.
Narrator:
12:03And then it happens to this guy
named Bezalel, and he's an artist.
12:06Voice:
God Spirit empowers him with
12:08wisdom and skills. He's given creative genius
to make beautiful things in the tabernacle.
12:13Narrator:
And we also see God s Ruach empower
12:15a group of people called the Prophets.
Voice:
12:18They're able to see what's happening
in history from God's point of view.
12:22Narrator:
That's exactly right.
12:23And here's the problem as the Prophets saw it.
While s God's Ruach had created a really good
12:28world, humans have given in to evil. They've
unleashed chaos into it through their injustice.
12:34Voice:
A new type of disorder.
12:35Narrator:
Yes. And the
12:36prophet said the spirit would come just like in
Genesis 1. But now to transform the human heart,
12:42to empower people to truly love God and others.
Voice:
12:46How will this new act of God s Spirit happen?
Narrator:
12:48Well, centuries pass, and we are introduced
to Jesus. And at the beginning of His mission,
12:53there's a beautiful scene where Jesus is being
baptized in the waters of the Jordan River.
12:58Voice:
Yeah, the sky opens up and God's Spirit
13:01comes and rests on him like a bird.
Narrator:
13:03The story s saying that God's spirit is
empowering Jesus to begin the new creation
13:09and we see this happening when he heals people
or forgives their sins. He's creating life where
13:14there once was death.
Voice:
13:16Now, Israel's religious leaders oppose
Jesus, and they eventually have Him killed.
13:20Narrator:
But even here, God's spirit
13:22is at work. The earliest disciples of Jesus who
saw Him alive from the dead said it was God's
13:28energizing spirit that raised Jesus.
Voice:
13:31This is the beginning of new creation.
Narrator:
13:33Yes. And it's still going. When Jesus appeared
to his closest followers, he breathed on them and
13:39said, Receive the Holy Spirit.
Voice:
13:41And soon after that, the Spirit
powerfully comes on all of his disciples
13:45Narrator:
So that they can become a part of this new
13:48creation and share the good news and learn how to
live by the energy and influence of God's spirit.
13:54Voice:
And so today,
13:56the spirit is still hovering in dark places.
Narrator:
13:59Yes. Pointing people to Jesus transforming
and empowering them so they can love God
14:04and others. And the Christian hope is that the
spirit is going to finish the job. The story of
14:10the Bible is a vision of a new humanity, living
in a new world that's permeated with God's love
14:16and Life-Giving spirit
Fr. Chris
14:23Okay, so after watching many videos, I thought
that one really captured the essence of what we
14:28are trying to show. As you saw in that video,
the mission of the Holy Spirit and Jesus
14:36are together. The Holy Spirit is that power by
which Christ could do miracles and rise from the
14:44dead. And so this joint mission of the Son and
the Holy Spirit are distinct but inseparable.
14:53The um In their joint mission, they are distinct
but inseparable. So, in Christ we see you know,
15:04I think the best way to probably say this is
it is Christ who is seen. That's the visible
15:10image of God the Father, but it is the Spirit who
reveals Him. So the Father is revealed by the Son
15:19and the Son is revealed by the Holy Spirit as
I just said earlier and remember, in a lot of
15:25ways. How do we know the Holy Spirit? His Spouse,
Mary. So again, if you want to get back to God the
15:30Father from which we all came, which is our goal
for all eternity, go back the same way you came.
15:38Invoke Mary. She can show you Her Spouse, the
Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will reveal the Son
15:44to you, will take you to the Son. And then the
Son is the way to the Father, the only way. So,
15:52this is what we're doing here. Now, let's go to
the Catechism on our next two slides and read
15:58what the Catechism defines as the Holy Spirit.
Wow. All right. The One whom the Father has sent
16:07into our hearts, the spirit of His Son is truly
God. Consubstantial, (meaning, same nature or same
16:18essence, same substance), with the Father and
the Son, the Spirit is inseparable from them.
16:27In adoring the Holy Trinity life-giving and
indivisible, the Church's faith also professes
16:36the distinction of persons. When the Father
sends His word, He always sends His breath.
16:48In their joint mission, the Son and the
Holy Spirit are distinct but inseparable,
16:56just as we were saying. It is Christ who is
seen, the visible image of the invisible God,
17:03but it is the Spirit who reveals Him. (Catechism
689). That's basically what we're saying here.
17:11So, Jesus s whole work, in fact, is a joint
mission. I bet you guys didn't think of that.
17:20I bet like me growing up, you just thought
Jesus was doing the work of Jesus. Actually,
17:26The Father sent them both. He sent the Son, but
He also gave Him the Power of the Holy Spirit. So,
17:34this joint mission. Right? The mission of Christ
and the Holy Spirit is brought to completion
17:44in the Church. This is why we
need the Church for salvation.
17:51Next slide. The church is the body of
Christ and the Temple of the Holy Spirit.
18:02This is so important. The Spirit prepares
men and goes out to them with His Grace in
18:10order to draw them to Christ. We can't get
to the Father without going through Christ,
18:16but we can't get to the Son, Christ
without the Power of the Holy Spirit.
18:22The Spirit manifests this risen Lord, this Christ
to the people by opening their minds and hearts.
18:31That's this Power. He makes present, He, the
Holy Spirit, makes present the mystery of Christ
18:40in the Eucharist. You know at the Mass, when
I place my hands over the Chalice and I invoke
18:48the Holy Spirit, it's called the Epiclesis.
I'm saying to the Holy Spirit, Please, come down
18:55and make this bread and wine, the Body and Blood
of Christ. Who are we invoking? The Holy Spirit.
19:02So He makes the mystery of Christ, in the
Eucharist known in order to reconcile us to God,
19:09to bring us back into communion with God. This
is important. This helps us to bear much fruit
19:17and makes us holy. So this is what happens at
the Mass. This Making Holy is sanctification.
19:28Now, if you listen to my other talks real early in
this series, this is important because, yes, all
19:34three members of the Trinity sanctify us, make us
holy. But sanctification, while it's in all three
19:42is attributed to the Holy Ghost. The Third
Person of the Trinity. Like creation is to the
19:48first person of the Trinity and redemption is
to the second person of the Trinity. So God the
19:54Father created us. They all did. But we attribute
Creation to the Father, Redemption to the Son,
20:00He saved us on the Cross and Sanctification,
or being made holy to the Holy Spirit.
20:08So, when we pray to God to make us holy, don't
forget to call out the Holy Spirit. If you're
20:16spending time in prayer saying, Lord, please
let me do better. Please let me make this,
20:21you know, this struggle, you know better and
help me get through my sins and overcome them.
20:27Are you invoking the Holy Spirit? Are you
specifically saying, Holy Spirit come into
20:33my heart. Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your
faithful and enkindle in me the fire of your love.
20:40Call out the Holy Spirit. So how do we receive
Him? How do we receive the Spirit? Through the
20:47sacraments. Christ communicates His Holy Spirit
to the members of His body through the sacraments.
20:58This, again, is why we need the Church,
because that's where we get the sacraments.
21:03The Bible tells us nobody comprehends
the thoughts of God, that's the Son,
21:09the Word, except the Spirit of God and we
get the Spirit of God through the Sacraments.
21:17So God's Spirit makes Christ, His Word, His
thoughts known to us through both the Bible,
21:25because non-Catholics will say the Bible.
Oh, is that true? Yes. But, also the Church
21:32and Her Sacraments. The Holy Spirit,
makes us hear the Father's Word.
21:41What makes you hear my word right now? My breath.
Luckily, I brush my teeth and took my mints. So
21:50hopefully that breath doesn't smell because that
breath is how you're getting it, and it's the same
21:56with God. You're getting the Word of God the
Son, spoken by the Father through His breath.
22:05This is how you're getting it. He makes us
hear the Father's Word. But believe it or not,
22:09the Spirit doesn't speak on itself. Just like
my breath doesn't speak. What speaks to you? My
22:15words that come from my thoughts, which come from
me. So me, like the Father generates or comes up
22:23with this word, generates it. Like truth, I'm
not creating truth. Truth always existed. Like
22:29the Son always existed, but I'm generating it
in my mind. Then I deliver it through my breath
22:35but my breath never speaks on its own. And the
Holy Spirit surprisingly never speaks on His own.
22:42Why don't you ever hear somebody say, The Holy
Spirit told me. Well, maybe in your heart, but
22:47He doesn't speak like the Son did or the Father
does. This is surprising to people. When the
22:56Church reads the Old Testament, She searches for
what the Spirit has to say. Well, Father, you just
23:02said the Father doesn't speak. Yes. I'm sorry, the
Holy Spirit doesn't speak. Yes, He does. Through
23:08the prophets. Who has spoken through the prophets.
So,the Holy Spirit wants to tell us about
23:18God, the Father and God, the Son. And in the Old
Testament, He speaks through the Prophet to tell
23:23us about the coming of the Son. But He doesn't
speak on His own, He's the breath that's generated
23:30through the beauty of God, but spoken through the
Prophets. How? Let's talk about this. In the Old
23:37Testament, there were many prophets, Moses and
we'll talk about more of these later David.
23:44But let's look at the New Testament for a minute.
How did He speak in the New Testament? In fact,
23:49let's go to who what's happening in the New
Testament. All right, in the New Testament,
23:55Mary is the masterwork of the mission of both
the Son and the Spirit. Why? This is important.
24:05Let's go to our next slide. This one slide says
it all because God's Spirit prepared Her, Mary.
24:17Because She was prepared, the Father found in Her
the Dwelling Place for His Son and His Spirit.
24:27Because His Spirit prepared Mary, the Father
found the Dwelling Place where His son and His
24:34Spirit could dwell among men. Well, Father, wait
a minute, the Son and the Spirit always existed.
24:40What do you mean Now they're going to find a
Dwelling Place among men? By the Holy Spirit's
24:46Power and the Faith of Mary, Her virginity
became uniquely fruitful in the Son. Conceived,
24:57how? By the power of the Holy Spirit. This
God-Man, the Second Person of the Trinity,
25:03Come to Flesh, Jesus Christ, changed the world.
And He did it through 12 men,
25:10the Apostles. Now, can you imagine the fear
that these apostles who knew that they were
25:16going to lose Jesus after the crucifixion,
how scared they must have been? They were
25:25petrified. They were hiding in the room. They
had the doors locked. They were scared to death.
25:32But Jesus told them something. He said that
in the end this would all be for the better,
25:38because then they'll receive the Holy Spirit.
when He was in the body, this is what's really
25:45interesting, When Jesus was in the body, He could
not be everywhere with all men at all times.
25:52As a man, He was limited now in His humanity.
He couldn't reach the minds and the hearts
25:57of every man, everywhere, because the Bible
tells us so. Look at the hardened of hearts,
26:02the Pharisee where he dined at their house,
or the high priests who condemned Him.
26:09He couldn't reach the minds and hearts of men
everywhere. He was limited in His humanity,
26:13but He was getting ready to bring
the Holy Spirit in its fullness.
26:18So, story's not over yet. As a man on the earth,
he was limited by space and time, but there are no
26:25limitations to the Spirit. Everywhere a man goes,
the Spirit is with him, but the Spirit couldn't
26:34quite come yet in its fullness. Why? Because
Jesus had to ascend to the Father first. And
26:44we'll talk about that in a minute. But the Spirit
that was alive with Jesus after His baptism,
26:49full. What did the Spirit do? The Spirit convicts
us. When we are convicted of our own sin,
26:59we have conversion and this is the work of
the Holy Spirit. Mary Magdalene. Peter, all
27:06the people of the old, of the Bible that Christ
converted. Man cannot come to an understanding
27:15of sin, righteousness and judgment on our own.
And that's what the Old Testament was all about.
27:24Sin, righteousness and judgment. Now,
look at this here. In its pure insanity
27:32the world totally missed how to judge sin,
righteousness and judgment, or how to view it.
27:40In fact, it was so insane, the world
regarded Jesus as the sinner.
27:46So, its first topic, sin, they were totally off
base. They said Jesus was the sinner, not us.
27:52Next, righteousness. The world thought
it was righteous and Jesus was not.
28:00And third, it ended up pronouncing false judgment
on Christ Himself and putting Him to death. So,
28:05they messed judgment up as well. Without the
Holy Spirit, man, the world gets it all wrong.
28:12Sin, righteousness and judgment went out the
window. That's why we need the Holy Spirit.
28:19So the role of the Spirit is to interpret Jesus
and His revelation of the Father. What is the
28:25main purpose of Jesus on this earth? To reveal
the Father. So, until Jesus has completed this,
28:34completed His revelation, the Spirit is not
yet fully able to do His job. Now, Father,
28:40what do you mean when Christ completed it? This
is our next slide. This is why we had to wait
28:48until the Ascension. This is a beautiful painting
of Christ ascending to the Father. So, this is
28:57the first step, He had to ascend to the father by
his own Power and the Power of the Holy Spirit.
29:05And it was better, Jesus said for
the disciples of Jesus do this,
29:08because then it completed His work. Well,
Father, how was his work completed then?
29:13Then he was seated at the right hand of the
Father, and then he could send the Paraclete,
29:20another word for the Holy Spirit, who would
lead them and all that Jesus revealed.
29:26So He would lead them into all that Jesus
revealed. This is Pentecost. Our next slide.
29:37Look at Pentecost there. There's Mary. Notice
a little flame on the heads of the Apostles.
29:41You know, you sometimes see St Jude with a
little thing sticking out of his head. They
29:45used to have statues. I used to see when I was a
kid, What s that thing sticking out of his head.
29:50That's the flame of the Holy Spirit.
Through the Holy Spirit, the Disciples
29:58shared in the very life of God that they
had seen in Jesus. And when Jesus ascended,
30:04He could then send the Paraclete. So now
we're seeing our faith kick into high gear.
30:13The joint mission. Jesus did His part,
now he's sending the cleanup crew,
30:20the Holy Spirit. It's kind of like if you're
a baseball fan, you got the starting pitcher
30:26who takes your team all the way to the last
couple innings, and you bring in your closer
30:32and he shuts the other team down.
This is what Jesus is doing against evil.
30:37He brings us and gets us and then he brings
in the closer, the Holy Spirit to thwart evil.
30:45So this union, this is a powerful union, with
God is accomplished by Jesus glorification.
30:55This union of man now with God, through the Power
of the Holy Spirit was only accomplished through
31:02Christ being glorified, and thus the glorification
must take place before He sent the Holy Spirit.
31:11So, the Ascension to the right hand, Christ is
glorified. He's resurrected, He's now glorified
31:16and now He sends the Paraclete. Now,
the Apostles and all the Christians,
31:22their witness will be through oral and written
proclamation. How do we know now the teaching of
31:32Christ in the Holy Spirit? Through the written and
oral proclamation? Guess where you find that? The
31:39written in the Bible, and just as important, the
oral, in the tradition of the Church This is why
31:47we need the Church, because the oral..the Bible
tells us many things were not written down.
31:56The Bible tells us, Paul says, Hold fast to
the traditions that I teach you both oral and
32:01written. This is what's going on now. The witness
is through oral in the tradition of the Church,
32:07in the written in the Bible. We need the Bible
and the Church and then the Magisterium to
32:12interpret it. The Law of God, the tradition
of God. This leads to the quality of life
32:20that the Paraclete produces within the
Christian community. And this is what we in
32:27America used to be. Please pray that we don't
lose this. The Holy Spirit will always focus
32:36on the Son, but will not speak on His own.
He only speaks what He hears from the Son.
32:45The Son has done exactly the same with respect
to the Father. So, you have the Holy Spirit here
32:54only doing what He hears from the Son. And
you saw the Son, Jesus say in John. 17:
32:59I've only done what I heard from the Father. You
see how this all connects? All right. The Son
33:09has revealed the Father. And now after Pentecost,
here comes the Holy Spirit, who also is
33:18revealing the Father, but through the Son.
He's revealing the Son, but the message of
33:24the revelation of the Son was the Father,
anyway. It all goes back to the Father.
33:30Powerful stuff. As always, the Father is the
ultimate source and focus. So, the Spirit will
33:39focus on the Son, and the Son is focused on the
Father. But Father Chris, why do we need all this?
33:48Why didn't the Father just do this all Himself?
Remember it has to be a Community of Persons or
33:54there is no love. Trinity has to have a lover, the
beloved, and the love between them. Without that,
34:00there's no love. So, we need this community of
persons. Really. I saw a great synopsis once
34:10on a talk that I attended and the speaker said
The father is the source from which all comes,
34:18the Son is the way to that source. The way the
truth in the life, right? And the Holy Spirit
34:25is the power to get there. So, he equated it
to what I said in the talk I did last week.
34:36Think of God, the Father saying, Let there be
light , and He sends his Son to turn on the light
34:43switch. And the power of the electricity is what
makes the light come on, that's the Holy Spirit.
34:49So, you have the Father, the source of Let there
be light. The son is the Way. He's the one who
34:55turned on the light switch. And the Holy Spirit is
the power or the electricity to provide the light.
35:01So, Jesus, His knowledge of God, the
thought, the very thought that He is,
35:11is the unique and only way to the Father
because you know what the Father is thinking,
35:17through the Son. And Jesus provides
the Way to the Father, through Him
35:24by the power of the Holy Spirit to make it
happen. Through Him and with Him and in Him,
35:29O God Almighty Father. (through the unit) or
excuse me, through the Power of the Holy Spirit,
35:36all Glory and Honor is Yours is
basically what we're seeing here.
35:41Powerful. All right. How does all
this happen? How does all this happen,
35:46Father Chris? I don't know people who are
living this Spirit like this. No, but how
35:52it's supposed to happen if we cooperate with it is
this next slide . The Sacrament of Confirmation.
36:01Not only is the Holy Spirit, the
forgotten Member of the Trinity,
36:04Confirmation is the forgotten Sacrament. Please
get confirmed. Have your children confirmed.
36:11The Sacrament of Confirmation is where we get
the Power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit
36:17is given to those who are already Baptized in
order to make them strong Soldiers of Christ.
36:28Now bear with me here. It's like the Apostles at
Pentecost who preached without now being afraid.
36:39They are now sealed in the Holy Spirit, like
that girl was being sealed in the Holy Spirit
36:44at her confirmation. If baptism is like a seed of
Divine Life put into the soul, then Confirmation
36:56makes that seed grow. It's like the water, and
one of the symbols of the Holy Spirit is water.
37:04It makes that seed grow. Baptism is the Sacrament
of Birth. You're being born into Divine Life.
37:13You're now adopted Sons and Daughters of God,
but Confirmation is the Sacrament of maturity.
37:21You're now an adult in your
Faith. I'm now ready to live it.
37:27So, this is our next slide that says what
confirmation is. Confirmation has the effect of
37:34increasing and strengthening the sanctifying grace
of God given to us at our Baptism. It pours into
37:43our souls the Power of the Holy Spirit and His
Seven Gifts (which I'll talk about in a minute),
37:53just like the Apostles received at Pentecost.
Wow. All right. Now we're getting into the good
38:00stuff. These Seven Gifts. You've probably heard
them before. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit and
38:08the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. If you're like,
95% of Catholics, you don't know the difference,
38:13and that's what we're going to talk about right
now. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit, there are seven
38:18of them, are permanent dispositions which make
man docile in following the promptings of the
38:29Holy Spirit. This is right from the Catechism,
1830. The Church says, we lose these only when
38:39we lose the state of grace through mortal sin.
This is why you got to get back to Confession.
38:49Now, the Church says they sustain. What are they?
The gifts, the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
38:56They sustain the moral life,
they perfect the Virtues in us.
39:03Remember the Virtues? the Cardinal Virtues are
Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance and
39:18all of the Gifts or excuse me, all of the
Theological Virtues, Faith, Hope and Charity.
39:25So, Prudence, Justice, Temperance and Fortitude,
those are the cardinal virtues. Sorry,
39:32I had a mind blank there for a minute. So
those virtues are put to life through the
39:40gifts of the Holy Spirit. These gifts given at
Baptism, are strengthened at our Confirmation.
39:49This is powerful, really, literally power,
right. Now, let's look at these Seven Gifts now
39:57in more detail. Look at your screen. We're going
to hold these up for a little bit. Let's look
40:03at this. These are very important gifts. To the
Holy Spirit. All right. Wisdom. What is Wisdom?
40:14Wisdom is the greatest of the Seven Gifts.
Remember, this is what Solomon asked for in
40:20the Old Testament. Of all the gifts
he could have been given, money,
40:23riches, power, he asked for Wisdom.
We see things in our lives and things
40:30of the world from the way God sees it.
It's the opposite of the worldly view.
40:37It's being able to see God everywhere and in
every situation. Don't those people sometime
40:44make you jealous. Because no matter how bad
the chips have fallen, they see God in every
40:49situation. Sometimes it's even kind of annoying,
isn't it? No, it isn't, because they see God in
40:56everywhere and in every situation. Jesus is Wisdom
itself. All right, let's go on to the next one.
41:05Down below it. Understanding. Now, what's the
difference between Wisdom and Understanding?
41:11Understanding is under to understand basically
is when we comprehend how we need to live as a
41:20Follower of Christ. Not only do you see the thing,
the way things God sees, but now you comprehend
41:28that I need to live as a follower of Christ.
It's knowing what it takes to be a disciple,
41:35but also to be open and aware to how others think
and feel. Like having compassion for others. Man,
41:42I really understand what
you're saying. I feel for you.
41:46Like Brother Mark whose been doing all
these beautiful livestreams, I'm like,
41:50man, I understand. This is really a lot putting
on your schedule. I comprehend that. I have
41:56compassion for that. You have empathy.
You understand their situation. That's
42:01understanding. Now, let's jump back up
to knowledge. These seem the same thing,
42:06don't they? Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge.
No, they're different. Knowledge now is learning
42:13stuff, data It allows us, yes, to
see things from God's perspective
42:19but we come to know the teachings of our Faith.
We have knowledge of what the Church teaches.
42:26What does the Church teach about Contraception?
I have knowledge that the Church teaches through
42:30Humanae Vitae that it's an intrinsic evil. These
are the things that we now have knowledge of. We
42:37come to know our Faith in the teachings of the
Church so we know the meaning of God. It's more
42:43than just information. Yes, it's information, but
it goes beyond that. You study and you learn the
42:48Bible, for instance. This is knowledge.
All right, let's jump down now to Piety,
42:56down on the lower level, again. This is basically
reverence. We have a deep sense of respect for
43:03God and the Church. This is a gift. If you have
respect for God and His church, that's a gift.
43:10It doesn't happen to everybody. Not everybody
has that gift. We recognize our reliance on God.
43:18We pay worship and the duty to God as our
Father. This is personal holiness. Piety.
43:30Now, let's jump back up to Counsel. What is
Counsel? This is a Supernatural Intuition.
43:42What do I mean by that? Counsel, the gift
helps you judge between right and wrong.
43:50You know, when something's right and
something's wrong. We can make good decisions
43:58and decisions to avoid sin because we know what's
right. We live it so we can give good advice.
44:07That's a gift. You ever see somebody
you can't give what you don't have,
44:12you have to live it. This is the Gift of Counsel,
to make those good decisions so you can tell
44:16somebody else to make good decisions.
It's kind of like if you're a smoker,
44:19and a drinker and you're trying to tell your
child, don't grow up to be a smoker and a drinker.
44:24Well, you're not making the right decisions
yourself. All right, let's go down now to
44:31well you know what? Let's jump over to
Fortitude. Fortitude is basically courage,
44:37willingness to stand up for what is right in the
eyes of God, even if we have to suffer for it or
44:44be rejected for it. Resisting fear and overcoming
obstacles by being strong, being stepping up to
44:54the plate. Guys, be a man. This is, this is what
it is. Strong. Even if we might face martyrdom.
45:06And then lastly, down at the bottom, Fear of
the Lord. This is wonder and awe. Shock and awe.
45:14Remember that. One is made aware of the Glory of
God. It's not a servile fear where you're shaking
45:21and trembling and you don't even want to look
at God. It's an awareness of God's greatness.
45:28God is the fulfillment of all our desires, and
there is thus a fear of being separated from that.
45:34It's a good fear. It's more what we call filial
fear. Fear of offending God. Not so much servile
45:42fear, a fear of punishment. It's more a fear
of the Lord because I don't want to offend Him.
45:50It's the beginning of wisdom.
All right. These are the seven Gifts of the Holy
45:57Spirit. Let us now look back at the extreme beauty
of these Gifts. All right. These are the extreme
46:11beauty of these Gifts. Now, they differ,
however, from the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
46:19What I just showed you were the Gifts.
They make it possible to do good things
46:23they re the dispositions in you
that make you possible. They're
46:27not the gifted. Excuse me? They're not
the Fruit yet. The fruit is to come.
46:34Kind of like the Gift is the seed, but you got to
water it and then it becomes fruit. It grows into
46:41a tree and bears fruit. All right, so what are the
Fruits of the Holy Spirit? They are the effects
46:48in us of living a life according to
the Spirit and utilizing the Gifts
46:54He gives us. Just what we showed. It's a life of
Holiness. Living it. The Catechism says they are
47:01perfections, that the Holy Spirit forms in us as
the first fruits of Eternal Glory. In other words,
47:09these are the first things, the Fruit you need
to bear to get to Heaven for Eternal Life.
47:15Now, although in the Greek New Testament, this
might be a little confusing, it lists Nine Fruits.
47:24We're going to use the tradition of the
Christian Faith of Saint Jerome that gives us 12.
47:29Let's look at these 12 Fruits of the Holy
Spirit. Let's go around the horn here
47:37all right. Kindness. That's pretty
straightforward. Just that, always
47:44having that smile on your face. Not necessarily
doing something yet. Just portraying that look of,
47:52you know, smile or whatnot. Generosity. Now
we're getting more into maybe kind words,
48:00become active. You now turn that into generosity.
Joy, remember Joy is more than happiness.
48:08Worldly things can make me happy. You know, I
could be happy when I was happy when the Detroit
48:14Red Wings won four Stanley Cups in the NHL. But
that's not joy. That's happiness in a worldly
48:21sense. Joy is only in a supernatural. God fills us
with that ultimate happiness. That's what joy is.
48:29All right. Charity is your love that
you show and actually do for others.
48:36You have Self-Control, which
keeps us within limits, temperance
48:42and other. We have Faithfulness. This is faithful
to our spouse, to our God, to our Church.
48:50Gentleness is to do everything. Like for me, I get
so passionate sometimes I lose the gentleness. I'm
48:57doing all the right things necessarily, but I'm
not doing them gently. I might be doing them too
49:03forcefully. Then there's a goodness. That goodness
which determines everything that drives me. I want
49:11to do the good, Lord. Then you have Chastity.
Purity of the body. Then you have Peace. That
49:22is what Jesus said: Mankind will not have peace
until it turns with trust to My Mercy. And He's
49:28not talking about absence of war. When you can
go to bed at night and you can fall asleep and
49:37there's nothing weighing on your mind or soul that
you know you're doing wrong, you're at peace.
49:43People always say, Father, how do I know
if I have a vocation to the marriage or to
49:47the Church? Where's your peace? for me I knew I
finally had to answer the call to the Priesthood
49:54because I only had peace inside the Church. I
didn't have peace in the world. I still don't.
50:02I have peace in the Church of God. Then
patience. Another one of my struggles. Lord,
50:07please use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
to bear the Fruit of Patience for me.
50:12I get very frustrated sometimes when you
repeat things multiple times and it's not done.
50:17I have to realize patience, Lord, because look how
patient you've been with me. My gosh, If the Lord
50:23was as impatient with me as I've been with others,
He never would forgive me for the thousandth time.
50:30And then modesty. An important Fruit that
we don't see much in our youth today.
50:37The clothing at Masses and things like that.
Hmm. A lot of modesty needed. All right,
50:44so these 12 Fruits: Charity, Joy, Peace,
Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Generosity,
50:51Gentleness, Faithfulness, Modesty, Self-Control
and Chastity are the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
50:58And they are good habits. The good deeds that come
from living and utilizing the Spirit's Gifts.
51:08So, the gifts bear the fruit for example, a gift.
51:15One of the Seven Gifts was Fear the Lord.
That's a Gift. I have a fear of the Lord.
51:19Now, what's the Fruit that comes from that?
Chastity. Because I don't want to offend Him.
51:26So that's the fruit. Or the Gift was Counsel.
God gave you the ability to know right from
51:34wrong. What's the Fruit? Faithfulness. Because
you choose to be faithful to your wife and
51:39your spouse. You see? So God gave you the
gift of Counsel so that you could make the
51:45right decision. And then when you do make the
right decision, it's the Fruit of Faithfulness.
51:51Awesome. But none of us know our Faith. So when
a Confirmed person, because now you're Confirmed,
52:00you've been sealed in the Spirit, cooperates with
the Graces that the Holy Spirit provides, the
52:07person makes Spiritual progress. That's the whole
purpose of having a Spiritual Director. You don't
52:13have a Spiritual Director just for you to vent
your frustrations and tell your Spiritual Director
52:19how bad your spouse is or how lazy they are.
And that's not the point of a Spiritual Director.
52:26When you go there and he helps you cooperate with
the Gifts and the Graces of the Holy Spirit, you
52:32make spiritual headway. You were given the gifts,
now cooperate with them is basically the message.
52:38Being willing to listen and to obey the promptings
of this Holy Spirit. Then you will bear fruit.
52:47So, every one of us who is confirmed, we are
equipped with the gifts of the Holy Spirit
52:52to live a virtuous and holy life. We've
been given all the grace and tools now.
52:58Just like the Apostles at Pentecost. Bam, game
over. You've now been given all the tools. at your
53:07Confirmation, you've now been given all your tools
and now you're being sent forth to bear fruit
53:15for the benefit of the Church. That's why you bear
the fruit, of being good and gentle and chaste and
53:22charitable and joyful and faithful and kind.
That's living it. Use those Gifts God gives us.
53:33Now, this Holy Spirit is somebody very important
because He is the one that powers all this.
53:43How do we know all this? Next slide. The
Creed. We always see traditionally the
53:49Apostles Creed. Actually, what we say at Mass
is not the Apostles Creed. Apostles Creed is
53:54what you pray at the Rosary. It's a shortened
version. At the Mass we pray the Nicene Creed.
54:01It's a Profession of our Faith.
Now, what does the Creed tell us?
54:06I'm going to go through it with you. Without
the Holy Spirit, we are dead. We don't have
54:12Eternal Life. With Him, we have all the Gifts
of the Church that this creed tells us about.
54:18I'm going to jump all the way down to the end of
the Creed. I don't have time to talk about all
54:22the beginning because we talk about the Father
and the Son. Let's go to the part of the Creed
54:26that talks about the Holy Spirit. I believe in
the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life.
54:32Where do we hear that? How do we know that? We see
the Holy Spirit as the Giver of Life at Creation.
54:40Well, Father, you said that the Father was the
Creator. Yes, but He uses the Power of the Holy
54:46Spirit, the Breath, to breathe life into you.
Genesis 2:7 tells us this. Quote. Then God formed
54:53the man out of the dust of the ground and blew
into his nostrils the breath of life and the man
55:00became a living being. Wow. With that same breath,
God's speaks creation into existence. The Animals,
55:11the Trees and the Plants. So, here's what's going
on. The Son is the Word of God by which everything
55:20is created. The Eternal Word. But He spoke, the
Father spoke Creation into being. And the power
55:30of the breath of that word being spoken,
is the Holy Spirit. This is incredible.
55:38All right. What's the next line? Who proceeds from
the Father and the Son? We've talked about this,
55:44remember? Who is the Holy Spirit? The Love between
the Father and the Son. That is the Holy Spirit.
55:52It s so powerful that from that love between
the Father and the Son proceeds a Third Person.
55:58The Holy Spirit, just like the love between the
husband and the wife, is so powerful that proceeds
56:03from it, is a Third Person, the child.
All right, next. Who has spoken through
56:08the Prophets. Remember I said the Holy Spirit
doesn't speak on His own. He only speaks through
56:14the prophets. Moses is one. In Numbers 11:29, If
only all the people of the Lord were Prophets,
56:23Moses said. If only the Lord would bestow
His Spirit on them. So in other words,
56:31Moses is saying, if you were a Prophet, the Lord
would bestow His Spirit on you. And remember, by
56:36your Baptism, you re Priest, Prophet and King. You
are a prophet. So you have the Holy Spirit. Just
56:45like Moses was begging, If they were Prophets,
they'd have the Holy Spirit. You are a Prophet.
56:50You share in the three offices of Christ
at your baptism. Priest, Prophet, King.
56:54All right, let's go on to other
Prophets. In 1 Samuel 16:13 it says,
56:59Then Samuel with the horn of oil in hand anointed
him in the midst of his brothers. And from that
57:06day on, the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David.
He was a Prophet and a King. All right. Or in this
57:16case, he's speaking through the King David.
What about John the Baptist, who is the last of
57:21the Old Testament prophets? Luke, first chapter,
verse 15, He will be filled with the Holy Spirit,
57:31even from his mother's womb and he will return
many of the children of Israel to the Lord.
57:38It is clear the Holy Spirit is spoken through the
prophets. What's the next line? I believe in one
57:44Holy catholic and Apostolic Church. Remember, this
is small c Catholic. One of my friends who s I
57:52think Lutheran or Episcopalian says, Father Chris,
I can't believe we pray at my own church, the
57:57Lutheran Church. I believe in the Holy Catholic
and Apostolic Church. No, it's not Catholic as
58:03in our proper religion. It is small c catholic,
meaning universal. But that's how we get our name
58:10as Big C Catholics, we re the Universal Church.
But anyway, the Holy Spirit comes down
58:16where Mary and the Apostles are praying and
gives birth to the Church. I believe in one
58:23holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. The Holy
Spirit came down and gave birth to the Church.
58:30Acts 2:2 says this, quote, Then there appeared to
them tongues as of fire which came to rest on each
58:38one of them, and they were filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak in different tongues.
58:44This was Pentecost, the Birth of the Church.
That's why we believe in it. And then a couple
58:51more lines, I confess one Baptism for the
forgiveness of sins. All right. Catechism
58:5911: 16 says Sacraments are actions of the Holy
Spirit at work in His body, the Church. Remember,
59:07earlier in this talk, I said, how do you
receive the Holy Spirit? Through the sacraments.
59:13Let's look at this. Let's look at this.
Baptism. Oops, sorry I missed a slide up there.
59:26Anyway, there is a side. I missed
that, that we were supposed to see
59:30God bringing life into the creature.
Let's now look at our next slide, Baptism.
59:37Matthew. 28:18-20. Jesus said Go therefore, and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in
59:47the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit. This is the first of the Sacraments,
59:57the one where you re given the seed, which
later will be strengthened in Confirmation.
01:00:03And that's why Confirmation is also an important
sacrifice, because it gives us the special
01:00:09strength of the Holy Spirit, to spread and defend
the faith. To confess the name of Christ boldly,
01:00:16and to never be ashamed of the Cross.
Don't be ashamed of the Cross. All right.
01:00:24Couple more lines. And I look forward to the
resurrection of the dead. This is the Creed. We're
01:00:31talking about the Nicene Creed. That comes from
Romans 8:11. The resurrection of the dead does,
01:00:38Father? Yes. If the spirit of the One who
raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
01:00:45He will give life to your mortal bodies, also,
through his spirit that dwells in you. We will
01:00:54be resurrected like Jesus was by the Power of the
Holy Spirit. But you can't if you don't have that
01:01:00power in you. And that power in you is the Holy
Spirit that comes to us through the Sacraments.
01:01:06And finally, and the Life of the World to come.
Amen. This is the Sacraments. Foreshadowing the
01:01:16marriage of Christ and Creation, when God will be
all in all. This is the Life of the World to come.
01:01:24The Wedding Feast of the Lamb. Through the
Power of the Holy Spirit, we will be brought
01:01:30through Christ to God the Father, and all will be
in awe. The Life of the World to come. What's the
01:01:37Life of the World to come? Heaven. What is Heaven?
Getting back to the Father. How do we get back to
01:01:42the Father? Through the Son? How do we get to
the Son? Through the power of the Holy Spirit.
01:01:48It all is amazing. All right. I want to finish
with what does the Holy Spirit look like?
01:01:56And I got a couple of rapid fire slides here.
Stay with me. All right. The Holy Spirit is
01:02:01referred to in many ways. Let's look at the
first one. The Spirit is represented with
01:02:09water. We just talked about Baptism. It signifies
the Holy Spirit's action in Baptism. The water,
01:02:17we invoke the Holy Spirit
and we make it effective.
01:02:21That soul is now branded. It's Baptized.
It now can enter in to the Family of God.
01:02:28All right, next slide. Anointing. Anointing is
the Holy Spirit itself. This is another way we
01:02:37say that the Holy Spirit exists. In anointing.
Anointing with oil signifies the Holy Spirit.
01:02:44That's 1 John:20, in 2 Corinthians 1:21. You
know, Christ was called the Messiah, right? Well,
01:02:56the word Messiah in Hebrew means the Anointed One
or Anointed by God s Spirit. Isn t this amazing?
01:03:06Incredible. The next symbol. You've seen this on
Chasubles somewhere. Fire. The Fire of the Holy
01:03:13Spirit. I m on fire with the Holy Spirit.
Fire symbolizes the transforming energy.
01:03:20You ever see when fire does something? When
the energy of a fire or a flame hits something.
01:03:25It consumes it. And so the Fire symbolizes
that transforming energy of the Holy Spirit.
01:03:34In the form of Tongues of Fire that we read at
Pentecost. The Holy Spirit rests on His Disciples
01:03:40on the morning of Pentecost and filled them with
Himself. This is Acts chapter two, verse three.
01:03:47All right. Let's go to the next one. The cloud
and the light. This is another symbol of the Holy
01:03:54Spirit. Symbols of the Holy Spirit, the cloud
and the light. These two images occur together
01:04:01in the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. Where do
we know this? We saw it during the wandering in
01:04:06the desert. It was a light by night or a fire
and a light by night and a cloud during the
01:04:12day. This is Exodus, Chapter 40. Very powerful
stuff. All right. What about the next slide?
01:04:21Wind. Wind is another symbol of the Holy Spirit.
How do we know that? On the day of Pentecost,
01:04:33the Holy Spirit first seemed to appear as a mighty
wind. Remember, the wind shook the Upper Room.
01:04:41Powerful. Wind has power. In
fact, wind literally powers
01:04:50houses and energy. All right.
Next is probably the most famous,
01:04:56the Dove. The Dove. Of. In the Old Testament.
You know what? Let me jump to the New Testament.
01:05:04Here's a picture of the New Testament. When Christ
comes up from the water of His baptism, the Holy
01:05:10Spirit in the form of a Dove comes down upon Him
and remains with Him. That's Matthew 3 verse 16.
01:05:20But don't forget, the Dove was also in the Old
Testament at the end of the flood. Remember
01:05:26the symbolism of the Dove that referred to
baptism. Or I should say, I'm sorry. The flood was
01:05:32a symbolism of Baptism, but a Dove was released
by Noah and returned back with an olive branch
01:05:39in its beak. That's a sign that the flood was over
and a new creation was beginning. There was land.
01:05:47So, this Dove is a powerful symbol of the Holy
Spirit. And there's one more incredible, powerful
01:05:57way that I bet you don't know. Anybody want to
guess? We're doing our live stream. Type in if
01:06:03you think something on the chat there of another
symbol that you are aware of the Holy Spirit. Did
01:06:09I forget any? Let's see if anybody can come up
with them, because I'll be answering right now.
01:06:13Even though this talk I'm giving 9prerecorded,
I'm with you live right now. You know the big one
01:06:18that might some of you might ve forgotten? Let's
look at our next slide. The image of Divine Mercy.
01:06:28Here Christ parts His garments.
See His left hand. He s pulling
01:06:32His garments and the light in the form of
two rays comes from his pierced heart.
01:06:38That ray, or those rays are the blood and
the water which gave birth to the Church
01:06:44at Pentecost. This is the love of God pouring
out into the world. This is the Holy Spirit.
01:06:53This is the Holy Spirit. So, the Holy Spirit is
actually there in the rays of Divine Mercy image.
01:06:59Wow. All right. I thought, you know what? I
think I have a little bit of time. I got just a
01:07:04few minutes. I want to talk about something that
we get asked an awful lot about, and I want to
01:07:09I guess I can finish with this here. The
sin against the Holy Spirit. A lot of you
01:07:16write and say, Father, is there any unforgivable
sin? Are all sins forgivable? Yes, except one.
01:07:24There's one unforgivable sin. The sin against
the Holy Spirit. What is this unforgivable sin?
01:07:32All right. There's a couple of different ways to
understand it. Stay with me, because this is very
01:07:38fascinating. There's one way to understand
it. Let's go to Thomas Aquinas. He said,
01:07:44all right, to understand the sin against the Holy
Spirit, I want to go deep with you right now.
01:07:50He said the Father represents
strength, the Son represents wisdom,
01:08:01and the Holy Spirit represents
goodness. So, what is a sin of weakness?
01:08:09A sin of weakness is a sin against the
Father, because the Father is strength.
01:08:14What's a sin of ignorance? A sin of ignorance is
a sin against wisdom or a sin against the Son,
01:08:22who is wisdom? So that's why Jesus said
sins against the Son of Man are forgivable.
01:08:29He's talking about sins against
wisdom. Therefore, sins of ignorance.
01:08:34Stupidity. I didn't know, Father, that
this was a holy day of obligation.
01:08:40You were ignorant on that
fact, but those are forgivable.
01:08:44But Thomas Aquinas says When man sins through a
determined malice she was a very choosing of evil,
01:08:54It is a sin against the Holy Spirit because it's
against goodness itself, and we attribute goodness
01:09:00to the Holy Spirit. So, sins against the Son of
man, as I said, are forgivable because those are
01:09:06ignorance or sins of weakness. Like sexual sins,
are sins against strength, against the Father.
01:09:16But sins of the Holy Spirit are against the
Holy Spirit are directly choosing to do evil,
01:09:23not out of habit or addiction, but out of
contempt. And I don't care. I'm just doing
01:09:30it. I hate this person and I want to get them.
This is why sins of unforgiveness. I always
01:09:38don't let the person go in the Confessional until
they understand the seriousness of unforgiveness.
01:09:43The reason you don't care about forgiveness
or Mercy, if you choose this act of hate.
01:09:52Now, there's another understanding of the
unforgivable sin. If you read the Ignatius Bible,
01:10:01and Scott Hahn and others do the commentary
at the bottom, it might surprise you. It says
01:10:07there the sin against the Holy Spirit is this. It
comes after Jesus's good deeds are claimed to be
01:10:17from Beelzebul. You know that in the Bible where
they say You must do your works from the devil,
01:10:23they must be from the evil one, from Beelzebub,
and Jesus answers that. But basically, the sin
01:10:31is attributing to Satan a false deity,
what is really the work of God.
01:10:40Now, stay with me, because there's a third
way to view the sin against the Holy Spirit.
01:10:48Thinking you are outside of God's Mercy. (I m
going to tie all these together so stay with me)..
01:10:55and thinking there is no way that
God would or even could forgive you.
01:11:03Don't fall into that trap. The unforgivable
sin in this sense has three flavors. One,
01:11:08I don't care about God's Mercy. I don't need that.
I'm fine. That's one flavor of the unforgivable
01:11:16sin. You don't need God's Mercy. Two, Father, God
could forgive me, but He won't, because He hates
01:11:22me. No, God doesn t hate you or he wouldn't have
created you and you wouldn't be breathing with the
01:11:26Holy Spirit if God hated you. God can't create
what He hates. He can only create out of love.
01:11:33So, Father, God could forgive me, but He won't.
He hates me. No. Impossible. Or the third, Father,
01:11:39even God can't forgive me. You have no idea
the sins I've done and how horrible I am.
01:11:44You know what? Jesus said If you put all the sins
ever committed together, they would be just a drop
01:11:49compared to the ocean of His mercy. You think
your sin is greater than that? Impossible. All
01:11:56the sins of Hitler, Stalin, Mao. And I promise
you, not one of you watching right now has done
01:12:01more sins than those three. Is still forgivable,
believe it or not. Don't think God can t forgive
01:12:10you no matter how bad your sin is. The only
unforgivable sin is not asking for forgiveness.
01:12:16Now, which one of these three that I just
described is the unforgivable sin. They all
01:12:22are connected. All right. Giving credit to Satan
what belongs to God is important. Because this
01:12:31is like the golden calf. You know, hey, it was
this golden calf let us out of Egypt, not God.
01:12:37Problem. today. Oh, Father, we don't
worship golden calves. Yes, we do.
01:12:44Today we have false gods. Like money, sex,
power. Those are our golden calves. For
01:12:50some people, it could be football or sports.
This is why in religious life, we take the vows
01:12:57of poverty, chastity and obedience. Because they
fight the three gods of money, sex and power. The
01:13:03God of money is overcome by the vow of poverty.
The God of sex is overcome by the vow of chastity.
01:13:10the small world, or the small g, god of the world
of power is overcome with the vow of obedience.
01:13:16Powerful stuff. But today, we can also make the
mistake of what belongs to God. Giving credit to
01:13:23false deities like fertility cults or seances or
Satan worship. Satan did this for me. Astrology.
01:13:32You think the heavens determine your future, not
God. Psychics. Tarot cards. Don't do that. That
01:13:38stuff's no good. You're trying to play God. Only
God is God. Palm reading. Don't do that stuff.
01:13:46That's why the Church teaches it's wrong. And
don't do it. If you believe these things have the
01:13:51power, you will not turn to God. And if you don't
turn to God, you put yourself outside His mercy.
01:13:58And if you put yourself outside the Mercy
of God, you will not ask for forgiveness.
01:14:03And if you do not ask for forgiveness, you cannot
be forgiven, and that is the unforgivable sin.
01:14:13Saint Augustine said sin against the Holy Spirit
is basically final impenitence, persisting in sin
01:14:22until the end. No repentance. But
God will give you every opportunity.
01:14:28So where does this come from? It's rooted in that
malice that Aquinas warned about where we don't
01:14:37want or ask for God's Mercy. We therefore then
turn to these false gods. Now, Augustine went on,
01:14:44he said, So great is the downfall of this sin that
it cannot submit to the humiliation of asking for
01:14:51pardon. So please don't get scared if you're
sitting there saying, Father, I'm petrified.
01:14:56I'm guilty of the unforgivable sin, just by asking
the question or making that statement, you're not.
01:15:04Because you want to be forgiven. You don't want
to be punished eternally. You want God's Mercy and
01:15:09forgiveness. Therefore, you can't be guilty of the
unforgivable sin. The very fact that you go into
01:15:15a Confessional means you can't be guilty of the
unforgivable sin unless you're forced to go in.
01:15:21Because the very fact that you're going it means
you want God's Mercy and forgiveness and you
01:15:25can't be guilty of the unforgivable sin.
The only unforgivable sin is not wanting
01:15:30or caring about God's Mercy. A: Ask for
God's Mercy. Remember the ABCs of mercy?
01:15:37A, B, C. Ask is A, the first one. Ask for God's
Mercy and forgiveness. This message of Mercy,
01:15:44these ABCs that we taught you about 30 weeks
ago, is not optional. Pope Benedict said it's
01:15:50the heart and nucleus of the gospel. All right.
Finishing up here. So, they are all connected.
01:15:58It's Catechism 1864 that talks about the
sin against the Holy Spirit. It says, quote,
01:16:03There are no limits. All right. No limits to the
Mercy of God. But anyone who deliberately refuses
01:16:12to accept God's Mercy by not repenting rejects
the forgiveness of his sins and the salvation
01:16:19offered by the Holy Spirit. Such hardness of
heart can lead to final impenitence and eternal
01:16:26loss. All you have to do is say, I'm sorry. Go
to confession. And you are fine. But you got
01:16:32to live it. You got to mean it. It's not a false.
Just, you know, a rabbit's foot or a magic wand.
01:16:39All right, last few paragraphs and we are
done. Hopefully you guys are hanging with
01:16:43me. You're being great. But don't lose hope
for a loved one, St Thomas Aquinas says:
01:16:51Hence considered in itself this sin is
unforgivable, unpardonable. But we should always
01:16:57pray that God and His Mercy will choose to pardon
it. Wow. That comes from a great Saint. All right,
01:17:05so we're done. Now we're going to summarize. How
do I summarize everything? We covered a lot today.
01:17:11All right. Few bullets to summarize.
First, the Third Person of the Trinity
01:17:16and the one most active in the world
today is the Holy Spirit, If we let Him.
01:17:23And keep saying Him, remember, there is
no gender. This isn't. And I don't want to
01:17:26get to a gender discussion, but we say Him. Our
sins chase away the Holy Spirit from our bodies,
01:17:35which are temples of the Holy Spirit.
That's what a state of grace means,
01:17:39having that indwelling of the Trinity in
your soul, the Power of the Holy Spirit.
01:17:45So, if you lose that, go back to Confession
with a purpose of amendment. Not with a purpose
01:17:51so I'm free now to sin again. For the purpose of
amendment to restore that relationship with God.
01:17:57Next, invite that Holy Spirit, the Person
of the Holy Spirit into you regularly. Lord,
01:18:05make me holy. Don't just generally say that, say
Holy Spirit, make me holy. Can't pay those bills,
01:18:13invoke the Holy Spirit. Can't get along
with your spouse, invoke the Holy Spirit.
01:18:19Can't stop looking at pornography, invoke the
Holy Spirit. Use the Gifts that you were given
01:18:26at Baptism to develop those into the Fruits for
the world, the Church, and to get you to Heaven.
01:18:35The whole bottom line, prayer is the key. Our
slide. This is a beautiful picture right here from
01:18:42our Shrine of Divine Mercy of the Trinity. This
is the picture. Here it is. We pray in the name
01:18:49of the Trinity. We enter into communion with God.
Look at this beautiful picture. In Three Persons,
01:18:57through the Sacraments right here at the shrine
and other Churches. And our prayer is part of that
01:19:03eternal relationship. Speaking through the Son
to the Father by the Power of the Holy Spirit.
01:19:13There you have it. God bless
all of you for sticking with us.
01:19:21You've been awesome. And hopefully I've been
able to answer at least some of your questions.
01:19:25I apologize if I haven't been able to get to
all of them, because there's a lot watching,
01:19:29and I only can type so fast. But I think this is
really exciting. For me to be able to give this
01:19:35talk and now join you, as I have been on the
livestream. God bless you. If it works, maybe
01:19:41we'll try it again. But please stay with us for
next week, Understanding the Second Person of the
01:19:46Trinity, the Son. Followed by the following week,
Understanding the First Person of the Trinity,
01:19:50God the Father in the Old Testament, followed by
the Ten Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins.
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Joan Lewis:
01:24:28Thank you, Marian Fathers
Unknown couple:
01:24:29Thank you, Marian Fathers
Fr. Chris:
01:24:32Wow. Those Thank You s are for you, our Marian
Helpers. Because it's only because of you and the
01:24:38grace of God that this outreach is even possible.
You know, it is because of you that we are able to
01:24:44continue spreading Divine Mercy around the world,
that is in such desperate need of it. So, this
01:24:50Giving Tuesday, please be as generous as possible
to help us keep this mission alive. Together,
01:24:57we can bring Christ to all. So please visit
Marian.org/GivingTuesday to help support this
01:25:04work. Thank you and may Almighty God bless you.
Jim Massery:
01:25:10Thank you
Unknown woman:
01:25:10Thank you
Unknown woman:
01:25:10Thank you
Ralph Martin:
01:25:11Thank you.
Unknown man:
01:25:11Thank you.
Unknown woman:
01:25:11Thank you.
Deacon Harold Burke Sivers:
01:25:11Thank you, Marian Fathers
Unknown child:
01:25:12Thank you so much to the Marian Fathers.
Thank you for preaching. God bless. Bye
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