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With the Spirit

Jesus’ promise of the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, is a promise that he will be with us forever, and that this presence is dynamic, powerful, effective. Today, Jesus says that the Spirit “will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you”. More than this, the giving of the Holy Spirit is an invitation to intimacy with God: “We will come to him and make our home with him”.
The descent of the Spirit is soon realised in the power of the Spirit, how the Spirit makes a radical difference. The disciples become powerful speakers, teachers who are understood by all who listen to them. The Spirit is powerful, gently powerful, and this dynamism will power the nascent Church and powers the Church to this day.
The dynamism of the Holy Spirit is to be revered, honoured and obeyed. The Holy Spirit confers gifts of wisdom, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, understanding, piety and respect of the Lord. Insofar as we are open to the Spirit, are filled with the Spirit and allow ourselves to be directed by the Spirit, we possess and live these gifts. The same Spirit who confers these gifts is the Spirit of unity, drawing people together to live together in peace, but there is a catch: the Spirit is also a disruptor, encourager, challenger, a Spirit of truth, a Spirit of reverence for God. Where there is complacency or dogmatism in faith, the Spirit will disrupt, prompting action, openness and dialogue; where there is fear, trepidation or doubt, the Spirit will encourage, strengthen, enlighten; where there is injustice, lack of respect for others, the Spirit will demand a change of heart and respect; where there is falsehood, ignorance and error, the Spirit will lead us towards knowledge and truth and fuller understanding.
St Paul is clear: the Spirit is not simply the power of God that changes our behaviour, but the dynamism of God that changes who we are. We have new life in us through the Spirit living in us. We now see the world differently; we relate to each other differently, we see more clearly, as though through God’s eyes; we serve each other more faithfully. Recognising that we are truly children of God, calling God “Abba, Father”, is our invitation to be ever more conscious of our human dignity and of our responsibility to each other and to the calling we have to live with God in glory.

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