COMMENTARY: Baptism makes us missionary disciples in communion with God and each other. As children of God, we are sent out ...
Christians must welcome the Holy Spirit as the guide leading the whole Christian community toward unity, Pope Francis said. Speaking to members of the International Commission for Dialogue between the ...
VATICAN CITY — Joy is a grace and a gift of the Holy Spirit, not just positive emotions or feeling cheerful, Pope Francis said at Mass at the Vatican Thursday. Joy “is not the consequence of emotions ...
“The Advocate, the Holy Spirit … will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you” (John 14:26). Acts 14:5-18; Jn 14:21-26 The Easter Season ends on June 5, 2022, with Pentecost. The ...
While many Christians are accustomed to praying to the Father and to the Son, they are not as familiar or comfortable with praying to the Holy Spirit. The Spirit can seem very elusive, but he doesn’t ...
As Christians, our prayers are directed to the Father in the Son. We need to understand the power of the Son’s name and frequently invoke it. Our prayer, however, does not end with the Father and the ...
The Spirit makes us see everything in a new way, with the eyes of Jesus. The Spirit himself reminds us of this, because he is the memory of God, the one who brings to our minds all that Jesus has said ...
The Holy Spirit is present throughout the Nativity story. So why is the third person of the Trinity often missing from our Christmas carols? My New Testament professor Gordon Fee said something in ...
Traditional language about Christian spiritual formation has long been shaped by the impulse to imitate Jesus, a call we hear ringing in Paul’s exhortation to “be imitators of me, as I am of Christ” ...
For a majority of Christians, the Holy Spirit is a third of the Trinity, and memorizing verses about the spirit of God are encouraged to do. "The Triune God", also known as the Father, Son, and the ...