Monday, January 24, 2011

Now, what the Holy Spirit is, we are taught in many passages of Scripture, as by David in the fifty-first Psalm, when he says, And take not Your Holy Spirit from me; and by Daniel, where it is said, The Holy Spirit which is in you. And in the New Testament we have abundant testimonies, as when the Holy Spirit is described as having descended upon Christ, and when the Lord breathed upon His apostles after His resurrection, saying, Receive the Holy Spirit; and the saying of the angel to Mary, The Holy Spirit will come upon you; the declaration by Paul, that no one can call Jesus Lord, save by the Holy Spirit. In the Acts of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the apostles' hands in baptism. (Book I, Chapter 3, Part 2)

When I am most magically inclined, I reach out to what I vaguely understand to be the Holy Spirit.

When I am in need of insight or the ability to influence others, my silent prayer is most inclined to that Spirit.

When I am exhausted and at my last and loosest of ends, I will open myself and ask the Holy Spirit to take me, not caring where.

I give thanks and praise to God, seek forgiveness of the Father, listen to, learn from, and love the Son, and - occasionally - turn myself over to the Holy Spirit.

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