Monday, August 19, 2013
549. How does the Holy Spirit intervene in the Church’s prayer?
(Comp 549) The Holy Spirit, the interior Master of Christian prayer, forms the
Church in the life of prayer and allows her to enter ever more deeply into
contemplation of and union with the unfathomable mystery of Christ. The forms
of prayer expressed in the apostolic and canonical writings remain normative
for Christian prayer.
“In brief”
(CCC 2644) The Holy
Spirit who teaches the Church and recalls to her all that Jesus said also
instructs her in the life of prayer, inspiring new expressions of the same
basic forms of prayer: blessing, petition, intercession, thanksgiving, and
praise.
To deepen and
explain
(CCC 2623) On the day of
Pentecost, the Spirit of the Promise was poured out on the disciples, gathered
"together in one place" (Acts 2:1). While awaiting the Spirit,
"all these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer" (Acts 1:14).
The Spirit who teaches the Church and recalls for her everything that Jesus
said (Cf. Jn 14:26) was also to form her in the life of prayer.
Reflection
(CCC 2625) In the first place
these are prayers that the faithful hear and read in the Scriptures, but also
that they make their own - especially those of the Psalms, in view of their
fulfillment in Christ (Cf. Lk 24:27, 44). The Holy Spirit, who thus keeps the
memory of Christ alive in his Church at prayer, also leads her toward the
fullness of truth and inspires new formulations expressing the unfathomable
mystery of Christ at work in his Church's life, sacraments, and mission. These
formulations are developed in the great liturgical and spiritual traditions.
The forms of prayer revealed in the
apostolic and canonical Scriptures remain normative for Christian prayer.
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