Friday, June 5, 2015
Youcat commented through CCC. Question n. 38 – Part I.
(Youcat answer) The Holy Spirit is the third person of
the Holy Trinity and has the same divine majesty as the Father and the Son.
A deepening through
CCC
(CCC 243) Before his Passover, Jesus announced the sending
of "another Paraclete" (Advocate), the Holy Spirit. At work since
creation, having previously "spoken through the prophets", the Spirit
will now be with and in the disciples, to teach them and guide them "into
all the truth" (Cf. Gen 1:2; Nicene Creed (DS 150); Jn 14:17, 26; 16:13).
The Holy Spirit is thus revealed as another divine person with Jesus and the
Father. (CCC 244) The eternal origin of the Holy Spirit is revealed in his
mission in time. The Spirit is sent to the apostles and to the Church both by
the Father in the name of the Son, and by the Son in person, once he had
returned to the Father (Cf. Jn 14:26; 15:26; 16:14). The sending of the person
of the Spirit after Jesus' glorification (Cf. Jn 7:39) reveals in its fullness
the mystery of the Holy Trinity.
Reflecting and
meditating
(Youcat comment)
When we discover the reality of God in
us, we are dealing with the working of the Holy Spirit. God sent “the Spirit of
his Son into our hearts” (Gal 4:6), so that he might fill us completely. In the
Holy Spirit a Christian finds profound joy, inner peace, and freedom. “For you
did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have
received the spirit of sonship [in whom] we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ (Rom 8:15b)”.
In the Holy Spirit, whom we receive in Baptism and Confirmation we are permitted
to call God “Father”.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 113) Read
the Scripture within "the living Tradition of the whole Church".
According to a saying of the Fathers, Sacred Scripture is written principally
in the Church's heart rather than in documents and records, for the Church
carries in her Tradition the living memorial of God's Word, and it is the Holy
Spirit who gives her the spiritual interpretation of the Scripture ("according
to the spiritual meaning which the Spirit grants to the Church", Origen, Hom. in Lev. 5, 5: PG 12, 454D). (CCC 114) Be
attentive to the analogy of faith (Cf. Rom 12:6). By "analogy of faith" we mean the
coherence of the truths of faith among themselves and within the whole plan of
Revelation. (CCC 115) According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish
between two senses of Scripture: the
literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into the allegorical,
moral and anagogical senses. The profound concordance of the four senses
guarantees all its richness to the living reading of Scripture in the Church. (CCC
116) The literal sense is the meaning
conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the
rules of sound interpretation: "All other senses of Sacred Scripture are
based on the literal” (St. Thomas Aquinas, STh
I, 1, 10, ad I).
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