Guide

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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  Landon
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  Jean XI
  (125e Pape)
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  Jean XXI
  (187e Pape)
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  Caius
  (28e Pape)
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  Grégoire 1er
  (64e Pape)
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  Léon X
  (217e Pape)
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  Urbain II
  (159e Pape)
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  Paul III
  (220e Pape)
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  Grégoire III
  (90e Pape)
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  Corneille
  (21e Pape)
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  Vigile
  (59e Pape)
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  Libère ou Liberius
  (36e Pape)
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  Célestin IV
  (179e Pape)
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  Damase 1er
  (37e Pape)
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  Benoît IV
  (117e Pape)
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  Jean X
  (122e Pape)
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  Etienne IX
  (154e Pape)
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  Denys
  (25e Pape)
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  Léon VIII
  (131e Pape)
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  Vitalien
  (76e Pape)
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  Innocent XII
  (242e Pape)
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  Urbain VII
  (228e Pape)
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  Adrien II
  (106e Pape)
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  Antère
  (19e Pape)
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  Lucius III
  (171e Pape)