BEADS
OF JOY 05-25-14
“The Holy Spirit Within”
©2014 James Dacey, Jr. OFS
Today's Gospel: John 14:15-21
(The Promise of the Holy Spirit) “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you. "I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
“The Holy Spirit Within”
©2014 James Dacey, Jr. OFS
Today's Gospel: John 14:15-21
(The Promise of the Holy Spirit) “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you. "I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
My Friends,
Jesus promises us that God will give us a Counselor; someone that no one
of this world will see or know. And this Counselor (The Holy Spirit) will be
with us Forever. It is through the power and guidance and inspiration of The
Holy Spirit within us; that we are able to forge forward serving our Lord even
when the world is against us. In my scriptural research in the New Testament,
the “Holy Spirit” is spoken of 93 times.
It is also important to note that the Holy Spirit is the third person of
the Holy Trinity (The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit)… The Holy Trinity
is one mystery of our faith that is well worth spending time to understand. See
God the Father and Jesus the Son are both physically outside of our bodies… The
Holy Spirit that is a part of us, is within us. I would recommend that your
research be two-fold in seeing and reading and understanding; both through the
Holy Scripture and the Catechism of The Catholic Church, which by the way is
technically built fully on scripture, reference points throughout explain that
when you spend time in the Catechism. Here is my quick reflection about the
Catechism:
Straight from the Catechism, let us look at #80 “Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely
together, and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out
from the same divine well-spring, come together in some fashion to form one
thing, and move towards the same goal." Each of them makes
present and fruitful in the Church the mystery of Christ, who promised to
remain with his own "always, to the close of the age".41”
The #41 reference you see is referring to Matthew 28:20, which is an excerpt in
scripture out of “The Great Commission”.
The Great Commission
Matthew 28:16-20
“Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Other Holy Spirit Scripture:
Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son
Matthew 1:18-25
“This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.”
The Great Commission
Matthew 28:16-20
“Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Other Holy Spirit Scripture:
Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son
Matthew 1:18-25
“This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.”
Here is a quick
overview of my study:
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[Joseph Accepts Jesus as
His Son] This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah
came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they
came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
But after he had considered
this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and
said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,
because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
“I baptize you with water
for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose
sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and
fire.
Anyone who speaks a word
against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks
against the Holy Spirit will not be
forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
I baptize you with water,
but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
but whoever blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit will never be
forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit,
declared: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I
put your enemies under your feet.”’
Whenever you are arrested
and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say
whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking,
but the Holy Spirit.
for he will be great in the sight
of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented
drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even
before he is born.
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will
come on you, and the power of the Most High
will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born
will be called the Son of God.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s
greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was
filled with the Holy Spirit.
[Zechariah’s Song]
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and
prophesied:
Now there was a
man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting
for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was
on him.
It had been revealed to him
by the Holy Spirit that he would not
die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.
John answered them
all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps
of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy
Spirit and fire.
and the Holy Spirit descended
on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my
Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
[Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness]
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan
and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
At that time Jesus, full of
joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I
praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these
things from the wise and learned, and revealed them
to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
If you then,
though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much
more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to
those who ask him!”
And everyone who speaks a
word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will
not be forgiven.
for the Holy Spirit will
teach you at that time what you should say.”
And I myself did not know
him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The
man on whom you see the Spirit come down and
remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
[Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit]
“If you love me, keep my commands.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all
things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
[The Work of the Holy Spirit]
“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the
Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he
will testify about me.
And with that he breathed
on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
until the day
he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the
apostles he had chosen.
For John baptized with
water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and
you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends
of the earth.”
and said, “Brothers and
sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke
long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who
arrested Jesus.
[The Holy Spirit Comes
at Pentecost] When the day of Pentecost came, they
were all together in one place.
All of them
were filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Exalted to the right
hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and
has poured out what you now see and hear.
Peter replied, “Repent and
be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,
said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people!
You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth
of your servant, our father David: “Why do the nations rage and the peoples
plot in vain?
After they
prayed, the place where they were meeting was
shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and
spoke the word of God boldly.
Then Peter said, “Ananias,
how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the
Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money
you received for the land?
We are witnesses of these
things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God
has given to those who obey him.”
This proposal pleased the whole
group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy
Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from
Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
“You stiff-necked people!
Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors:
You always resist the Holy Spirit!
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,
looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus
standing at the right hand of God.
When they
arrived, they prayed for the new believers there
that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
because the Holy Spirit had
not yet come on any of them; they had simply been
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Then Peter and John placed their
hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
and said, “Give me also
this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Then Ananias went to the house
and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus,
who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has
sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Then the church
throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was
strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord
and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it
increased in numbers.
how God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and
power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power
of the devil, because God was with him.
While Peter was still
speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came
on all who heard the message.
The circumcised believers
who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy
Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles.
“Surely no one can stand in the way
of their being baptized with water. They have received the
Holy Spirit just as we have.”
“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came
on them as he had come on us at the beginning.
Then I remembered what the Lord
had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and
faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
While they were
worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,
“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I
have called them.”
[On Cyprus] The two
of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit,
went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
Then Saul, who was also
called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit,
looked straight at Elymas and said,
And the disciples
were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
God, who knows the heart,
showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them,
just as he did to us.
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and
to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following
requirements:
[Paul’s Vision of the Man
of Macedonia] Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region
of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from
preaching the word in the province of Asia.
and asked them,
“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when
you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there
is a Holy Spirit.”
When Paul placed his hands
on them, the Holy Spirit came
on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
I only know that in every
city the Holy Spirit warns me that
prison and hardships are facing me.
Keep watch over yourselves
and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has
made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which
he bought with his own blood.
Coming over to us, he took
Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy
Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in
Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him
over to the Gentiles.’”
They disagreed among themselves
and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth
to your ancestors when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
And hope does not put us to
shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,
who has been given to us.
[Paul’s Anguish Over Israel]
I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience
confirms it through the Holy Spirit—
For the kingdom
of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and
joy in the Holy Spirit,
May the God
of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may
overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
to be a minister of Christ
Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly
duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles
might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Do you not know that your
bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who
is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Therefore I want you to
know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of
God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
in purity, understanding,
patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and
in sincere love;
May the grace
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you all.
And you also were included
in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel
of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
which was not made known to
people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to
God’s holy apostles and prophets.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of
God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
because our gospel came to
you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit
and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
You became imitators of us
and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message
in the midst of severe suffering with the joy
given by the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, anyone who
rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very
God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
Guard the good
deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who
lives in us.
he saved us, not because of
righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing
of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
God also testified to it by
signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit
distributed according to his will.
[Warning Against Unbelief]
So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today,
if you hear his voice,
It is impossible for those
who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly
gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
The Holy Spirit was
showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place
had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was
still functioning.
The Holy Spirit also
testifies to us about this. First he says:
It was revealed to them
that they were not serving themselves but you, when they
spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have
preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent
from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
For prophecy never had its
origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke
from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
But you, dear friends, by
building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy
Spirit,
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