Ongoing Relationship With the Holy Spirit

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  • Scripture: Acts 1:4-8; Acts 2:1-11; John 14:16-21; Romans 8:11

  • Main Ideas:

    • The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, promised to be our advocate sent from the Father after Jesus ascended into heaven.

    • The fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit are given to us as aids as we live fully alive in Christ and share Him with those we encounter.

    • In the Spirit, we come to know our true identity as sons and daughters of the Father, called into new life in Christ.

  • Key Terms

    • Child of God: Someone who believes in Christ and strives to do God’s will.

    • The Advocate: The title of the Holy Spirit, sometimes translated Paraclete, whom Christ promised to send to His followers.

 

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Readings for Confirmation Masses

  1. Ezekiel 36:24-28

  2. Psalm 104

  3. 1 Corinthians 12:4-13

  4. Luke 4:16-22

 

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Pray

5 Minutes, daily

Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone! Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength. Take to heart these words which I command you today. Keep repeating them to your children. Recite them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 6:4-7

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the Earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

 
 
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Care for Creation

We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of God’s creation. This environmental challenge has fundamental moral and ethical dimensions that cannot be ignored. - USCCB