Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is the third person of the Trinity. His action is in perfect unity with the Father (GOD) and the Son (Jesus Christ). When we are in a state where we deserve to receive Him, He enlightens us, guides us, protects us from all dangers (spiritual and physical).

In the Bible, several symbols are used to designate the Holy Spirit: breath that makes you breathe; wind that pushes you out; oil that gives strength to athletes; fire that warms and purifies; dove that descends from heaven.

We can pray to the Holy Spirit to implore his gifts which are :

• Wisdom: it makes us taste the presence of God, in a greater companionship with him, and a greater missionary dynamism. It is the contemplative gift par excellence.
• Intelligence: it helps us to enter into the mystery of God, to understand the faith and the Scriptures from within, and to distinguish error from truth. Through this gift, every Christian can become an authentic theologian.
• Science: it allows us to recognise God at work in nature and in history, to receive the world as a gift from God. It gives a sense of the precariousness of the universe.
• Strength: it gives perseverance in times of trial, the courage to bear witness. It supports the martyrs, but also helps in the day-to-day fulfilment of one's duties as a state and in the spiritual struggle. It is the heroism of lowliness.
• Counsel: this is the gift of spiritual discernment. It adjusts what to do or avoid, to say or not to say. It enables us to see clearly in ourselves and in others.
• Piety: it allows us to experience God's fatherhood, his closeness, his tenderness. It gives us the confidence of a child. It also brings us close to others.
• Fear: this is not the fear of God but the sense of his greatness. Awareness of the infinite distance between the Almighty and us, his creatures. This gift gives rise to an attitude of humility and wonder.

Prayers at random:

Discover all the Popes of the Roman Catholic Church :

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  Léon XIII
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  Anastase IV
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  Adrien II
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  Grégoire V
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  Silvère
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  Gélase 1er
  (49e Pape)
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  Jean XIV
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  Léon II
  (80e Pape)
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  Honorius IV
  (190e Pape)
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  Marcellin
  (29e Pape)
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  Adrien VI
  (218e Pape)
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  Paul IV
  (223e Pape)
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  Urbain VIII
  (235e Pape)
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  Léon IX
  (152e Pape)
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  Pie VI
  (250e Pape)
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  Agapet 1er
  (57e Pape)
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  Jean X
  (122e Pape)
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  Serge II
  (102e Pape)
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  Célestin V
  (192e Pape)
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  Pie II
  (210e Pape)
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  Zosime
  (41e Pape)
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  Clément III
  (174e Pape)
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  Denys
  (25e Pape)
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  Boniface III
  (66e Pape)
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  Clément XII
  (246e Pape)